Ingrid Wendl

Ingrid Turković-Wendl (born Ingrid Wendl on 17 May 1940 in Vienna) is an Austrian retired figure skater, television announcer, and political figure. She has been an Austrian People's Party delegate to the National Council of Austria since 2002.

Ingrid Wendl
Ingrid Wendl in 2010
Personal information
Country represented	Austria
Born	(1940-05-17) 17 May 1940 Vienna
Retired	1971
Medal record Representing  Austria Figure skating: Ladies' singles Olympic Games 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Ladies' singles World Championships 1958 Paris Ladies' singles 1957 Colorado Springs Ladies' singles 1956 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Ladies' singles European Championships 1958 Bratislava Ladies' singles 1957 Vienna Ladies' singles 1956 Paris Ladies' singles

Turković-Wendl is a two-time European champion (1956, 1958), the 1956 Olympic bronze medalist in ladies' figure skating,[1] and one of the youngest figure skating Olympic medalists. Among her contemporaries were fellow Austrians Hanna Eigel and Hanna Walter. Wendl later became a professional skater and performed in the Viennese Ice Revue (Vienna Ice Revue) and Ice Capades. She retired from the sport in 1971.

In 1972 she began working for ORF, the national Austrian public service broadcaster. She retired from broadcasting in 2000. Turković-Wendl was elected to the National Council of Austria in November 2002.

She is married to bassoonist Milan Turković.