Single skating Schwarz competed in
single skating for a few years. She took the silver medal at the 1952 Austrian Championships, placed 19th at the
1952 Winter Olympics, and finished ninth at the
1953 European Championships. She never competed at the World Championships as a singles skater.
Pair skating Her partner in
pair skating was
Kurt Oppelt. In 1952, they won their first national title and were sent to their first
European Championships, where they placed seventh. The pair then competed at the
1952 Winter Olympics in
Oslo, Norway, where they placed ninth, and at the
1952 World Championships, finishing seventh. Schwarz/Oppelt stepped onto the European podium for the first time at the
1953 European Championships, where they won the bronze medal, and then placed sixth at the
World Championships. In 1954, they became
European silver medalists and went on to win their first World medal, bronze, at the
1954 World Championships. They followed it up with silver at the
1955 World Championships, finishing as close runners-up to Canada's
Frances Dafoe /
Norris Bowden, who took their second World title. After winning the Austrian national title for the fifth consecutive year, Schwarz/Oppelt became the
1956 European champions. They then competed at the
1956 Winter Olympics in
Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Skating to Banditenstreiche by
Franz von Suppé, Schwarz/Oppelt went on to win the
1956 World title before retiring from competition. In the summer of 1956, they joined the Wiener Eisrevue and performed in ice shows for three or four years.
Later years In 1968, she decided to open a skating club in
Wiener Neustadt and worked with Rudolf Lang to build a skating rink. == Personal life ==