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{{Short description|German figure skater (1886–1969)}}
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{{MedalSport | Ladies [[Figure skating]]}}
{{MedalSilver  | [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]] | [[Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Women's individual|Ladies' singles]]}}
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{{Infobox figure skater
| name = Elsa Rendschmidt
| image = Elsa Rendschmidt (Art of Skating).jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|1|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Berlin]], [[German Empire]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|10|9|1886|1|11|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Celle]], [[West Germany]]
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{{MedalSport | Ladies' [[Figure skating]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Figure skating at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]] | [[Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics|Ladies' singles]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1910 World Figure Skating Championships|1910 Davos]]|Ladies' singles}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1908 World Figure Skating Championships|1908 Troppau]]|Ladies' singles}}
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'''Elsa Rendschmidt''' (11 January 1886 &ndash; 9 October 1969) was a German [[Figure skating|figure skater]] and the first German woman to compete and win a medal at the Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/99/manual |title=First female competitors at the Olympics by country |work=Olympedia |accessdate=26 June 2020}}</ref>

Rendschmidt won the silver medal at the [[1908 Summer Olympics]], the first Olympics to include a ladies' figure skating event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/82177 |title=Elsa Rendschmidt |work=Olympedia |access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref> She competed in the first ladies' German nationals, which took place in 1911. She skated for the Berliner Schlittschuhclub and won the event, becoming Germany's first ladies' champion. She also competed at the [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] several times. Her best finish was 2nd (in 1908 and 1910).

A road located in [[Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf]] was named after Rendschmidt in 2006.<ref>[http://www.luise-berlin.de/strassen/Bez07a/E470.htm Elsa-Rendschmidt-Weg in Charlottenburg<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Results==
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! Event
! 1906
! 1907
! 1908
! 1909
! 1910
! 1911
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| [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics*]] || || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || || 
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| [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Championships]] || align="center" | 4th || align="center" | 4th || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || || align="center" bgcolor="silver" | 2nd || 
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| [[German Figure Skating Championships|German Championships]] || || || || || || align="center" bgcolor="gold" | 1st  
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*Figure skating was first included at the Summer Olympic games from 1908, moving to the Winter Olympics in 1924

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070319003619/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RENDSELS01 Database Olympics]
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[[Category:German female single skaters]]
[[Category:Olympic figure skaters for Germany]]
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[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in figure skating]]
[[Category:World Figure Skating Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century German sportswomen]]


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