Melitta Brunner
Melitta Brunner with Paul Kreckow in 1932
Born	(1907-01-28)28 January 1907 Vienna, Austria
Died	26 May 2003(2003-05-26) (aged 96) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height	1.64 m (5 ft4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Partner	Ludwig Wrede
Skating club	WEV, Wien
Retired	1930
Medal record Representing Austria Olympic Games 1928 St. Moritz Pairs World Championships 1929 Budapest Pairs 1930 New York Pairs 1929 Budapest Singles

Melitta Kreckow Brunner (née Brunner, 28 January 1907 – 26 May 2003) was an Austrianfigure skater. As a singles skater, she came in second place at theAustrian National Championships between 1926 and 1930. At the Worlds Championships, she came in fifth place in1928, third place in1929, and fifth place in1930. Competing inpairs withLudwig Wrede, she won a silver medal at the Austrian Nationals in 1928, a bronze medal in 1929, and a gold medal in 1930. They came in third place at the1928 Winter Olympics. They also came in third place at 1928 Worlds and second place at the 1929 and 1939 Worlds.^[1][2]

After retiring from competitions Brunner taught skating in Switzerland and Great Britain. In December 1932 she married Paul Kreckow, a German figure skater from Berlin. They married in London, where they were giving skating demonstrations.^[3] AfterWorld War II, Brunner performed inice shows in Europe, and then immigrated to the United States. There she continued skating, and coached skaters into her nineties.^[2]

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