Nicole Hassler (1941-1996), born in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, she was the best French Figure Skater between 1960 and 1966. Her track record was unbeaten until 1989. She was trained by her father, Albert Hassler (1903-1994), who was himself a European ice hockey champion, French champion in speed skating recordman in 2 distances as well as figure skating teacher and Hotel owner in Chamonix.
By the end of her career, thanks to her 23 years competition experience, she became board member of the technical comity then board member of the director comity of the French Federation and international judge and then director of a Figure skating Club.
Nicole leaves Chamonix for the United Kingdom where she successfully get all her Figure skating gold tests. The Free dance one didn’t even exists at the time in France, she created it when she came back.
Nicole dedicated the rest of her life to her husband Yves while raising her two children Yann and Sophie. She later came back to Figure Skating as a teacher after creating her own school in the little town called Plaisir where she spent the rest of her life in France. Having no infrastructure in town, she had to bring her students to the Paris Montparnasse ice ring, then later on to the one in Courbevoie in the Paris suburbs driving a mini van.
NICOLE HASSLER TRACK RECORDS
FIGURE SKATING
– French Championship : Gold 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 et 1966
– European Championship : Silver 1963, Bronze 1664, 1965 et 1966
– World Championship : Bronze 1963
– Olympic games : 11th 1960, 4th 1964
– Richmond Trophy : Gold 1960, 1961 et 1962
– International figure skating competition Prague, Gold 1964
FRENCH TESTS, Fédération Française des Sports de Glace (FFSG)
– Grande Or in Ice Dancing
– Grande Or in Figure Skating on Ice
ENGLISH TESTS, National Skating Academy (NSA)
– Intermediate-First Class Test in Ice Dancing
– First Class Test in Figure and Free Skating on Ice
– Gold Star in Free Skating on Ice
ALBERT HASSLER TRACK RECORS
– Since 1937, F.F.S.G. Teacher at Palais de Glace des Champs d’Elysées
– Nicole Hassler’s official Coach
– French Championship : Bronze 1922
– Test Gold Medal in Figure Skating
– Test Gold Medal in Ice Dancing
ICE HOCKEY
– French National Selection and International from 1921 to 1937
– French Selection for the European and World Championships from 1921 to 1937 (except for 1928 and 1929)
– European’s Best striker
– Centre-Front of the Berliner Schlittschuh Club (Germany) from 1928 to 1929
– Olympic Selection in 1924, 1928 and 1936
– France Championships : Silver 1922, Gold 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931
– European Championships : Gold 1924
– Olympic Games : 5th 1924
– France 500 m Recordman from 1926 to 1929
– France 1500 m Recordman from 1926 to 1935
– French 500, 1’500, 5’000 and 10’000 m Championships : Gold 1925, 1926 and 1927
– European 500 m Championships: Bronze 1926
