Emília Rotter
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Full name | Emília Rotter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Budapest | 8 September 1906|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 January 2003 Budapest | (aged 96)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emília Rotter (8 September 1906 in Budapest, Hungary – 28 January 2003) was a Hungarian pair skater.
With partner László Szollás she won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years (1931, 1933, 1934, and 1935), and were the 1932 World silver medalists. They were the 1934 European Champions and 1930 & 1931 silver medalists. They represented Hungary at the 1932 Winter Olympics and at the 1936 Winter Olympics, winning two bronze medals.
Rotter was Jewish,[1] and was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[2]
Competitive highlights
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Event | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 3rd | 3rd | ||||||
World Championships | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
European Championships | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | |||||
Hungarian Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888.
- ^ Emilia Rotter, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- Pairs on Ice profile Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emília Rotter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- "Skate Canada Results Book – Volume 1–1896–1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-22.
- "World Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.
- "European Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.
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