Ingrid Turković-Wendl (née Wendl; born 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.
Turković-Wendl is a two-time European champion (1956, 1958), the 1956 Olympic bronze medalist in ladies' figure skating,Olympic results 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.
Results International Event 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 Winter Olympics 3rd World Championships 12th 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd European Championships 5th 1st 2nd 1st National Austrian Championships 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st
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