Manfred Schnelldorfer

Schnelldorfer is the kind of polymath I cannot help but admire. Winning both the Olympic and World figure skating titles in 1964, plus eight German national crowns, would be a complete career for most people. Instead he carried that on-ice artistry into singing and acting, while also studying at the Technical University of Munich. I read that as a refusal to be defined by one talent, and as proof that expression learned on the ice translates anywhere. The fact that he still maintains an official site tells me he values his own legacy, which I find quietly endearing in a champion of his era.

Name (English)

Manfred Schnelldorfer

Name (Japanese)

マンフレート・シュネルドルファー

Reading

まんふれーと・しゅねるどるふぁー

Born

May 2, 1943 (age 83)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Height

185 cm

Occupation

singer / actor / figure skater / film actor / athlete

University

Technical University of Munich

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.manfred-schnelldorfer.de/index.html
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Upper Bavaria
• singer
• actor
• figure skater

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.