Hilda Rückert
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8 April 1897
Hilda Rückert | |
|---|---|
 Hilda Ruckert, from a 1918 publication | |
| Born | Hildegard Charlotte Elisabeth Rückert 8 April 1897 |
| Died | 14 November 1960 (aged 63) |
| Other names | Hilda Ruekert, Hilda Ruckhert |
| Occupation | Ice skater |
Hilda Rückert (8 April 1897 – 14 November 1960) was a German ice skater.
Hildegard Charlotte Elisabeth Rückert was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin, the daughter of Fritz Karl Rückert and Luise Wilhelmine Karoline Schucht Rückert.[1]
Career
Rückert traveled to New York City in 1915 with a troupe of young women ice skaters, to join a show at the Hippodrome. As a solo performer, she starred in a rooftop show at the Golden Glades restaurant in New York,[2] and made appearances on ice skates and rollerskates in Boston,[3] Ottawa,[4] Austin,[5] Saranac Lake,[6] Saratoga Springs,[7] and other North American cities. She skated and practiced diving at Indianola Park in Columbus, Ohio.[8] In 1923, she competed as a speed skater at Lake Placid.[9][10] In 1924, she and her sister Ofilia gave skating exhibitions at the National Ice Skating Championships in Endicott, New York.[11]
Rückert returned to Europe by 1928.[12] She skated as a solo attraction at the St. Moritz Ice Rink for several years.[13] She also skated in pairs with Paul Kreckow,[14] and American skater Howard Nicholson.[15] She appeared in a film, Der Springer von Pontresina (1934).
