Ernst Baier

Ernst Baier (27 September 1905 in Zittau, Saxony, Germany – 8 July 2001 in Garmisch, Bavaria, Germany) was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Maxi Herber. The duo also won several World and European championships.

Olympic medal record
Figure skating
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Pairs
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Singles

Ernst Baier
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	(1905-09-27)27 September 1905
Died	8 July 2001(2001-07-08) (aged 95)
Former partner	Maxi Herber
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's Figure skating Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Singles World Championships 1933 Zürich Singles 1934 Stockholm Singles 1931 Berlin Singles 1932 Montreal Singles European Championships 1931 St. Moritz Singles 1932 Paris Singles 1933 London Singles 1935 St. Moritz Singles 1936 Berlin Singles Pairs Figure skating Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs World Championships 1936 Paris Pairs 1937 Vienna Pairs 1938 Berlin Pairs 1939 Budapest Pairs 1934 Helsinki Pairs European Championships 1935 St. Moritz Pairs 1936 Berlin Pairs 1937 Prague Pairs 1938 St. Moritz Pairs 1939 London Pairs

Herber und Baier

Ernst Baier skated for the club Berliner SC. He also enjoyed success as a single skater. He won silver at European, World and Olympic games in singles.

Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier revolutionized pair skating by performing the first side by side jumps in competition.

After the Second World War they skated in ice revues. Later the couple owned a business.

Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier married after their skating career in 1940. They had 3 children. In 1964 they were divorced.

On 15 May 1965 he married the Swedish figure skater Birgitta Wennström (born 10 November 1935 in Enskede, Stockholm, Sweden) known by the stage name "Topsy" from Holiday on Ice together with her partner Steve. They had a daughter in 1968, but divorced in 1973.

Some years later he remarried Maxi Herber, but they later divorced again.