László Szollás
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Rotter and Szollás in 1933
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Full name | László Szollás | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Budapest |
November 13, 1907|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Budapest |
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Former partner | Emília Rotter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olympic medal record | ||
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1932 Lake Placid | Pairs | |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Pairs |
László Szollás (November 13, 1907, in Budapest, Hungary – October 4, 1980) was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Emília Rotter he 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.
Szollas attended the Ludovika Military Academy in the Horthy era[citation needed]. Subsequently he fought against the Soviet Union on the eastern front in WW2[citation needed]. He became a prisoner of war and was imprisoned in a POW camp for 4 years in Siberia.[1] Upon returning to Hungary the Hungarian Stalinist government nationalized nearly all of his assets, including a large rental apartment building in Budapest's 7th district[citation needed].
After retirement, he attended Semmelweis Medical School in Budapest and became a sports medicine doctor at the Sport Korhaz (Hospital for Professional Sports) in Budapest, Hungary[citation needed]. His partner, Emília Rotter was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Competitive highlights
(with Rotter)
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
References
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- Jews in Sports bio
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- Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary
- Sportspeople from Budapest
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