Emília Rotter
Rotter and Szollás in 1933
Full nameEmília Rotter
Born(1906-09-08)8 September 1906
Budapest
Died28 January 2003(2003-01-28) (aged 96)
Budapest
Figure skating career
Country Hungary
Retired1936
Medal record
Pairs figure skating
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Lake Placid Pairs
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1935 BudapestPairs
Gold medal – first place 1934 HelsinkiPairs
Gold medal – first place 1933 StockholmPairs
Silver medal – second place 1932 MontrealPairs
Gold medal – first place 1931 BerlinPairs
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1934 PraguePairs
Silver medal – second place 1931 St. MoritzPairs
Silver medal – second place 1930 ViennaPairs

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

(with Szollás)

Event 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
Winter Olympic Games3rd3rd
World Championships5th1st2nd1st1st1st
European Championships2nd2nd1st
Hungarian Championships1st1st1st1st1st1st

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. Emilia Rotter, International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame


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