László Szollás

László Szollás
Rotter and Szollás in 1933
Personal information
Full name László Szollás
Country represented  Hungary
Born (1907-11-13)13 November 1907
Budapest
Died 4 October 1980(1980-10-04) (aged 72)
Budapest
Former partner Emília Rotter
Olympic medal record
Figure skating
Representing  Hungary
1932 Lake Placid Pairs
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs

László Szollás (13 November 1907 in Budapest, Hungary – 4 October 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. Subsequently he fought against the Soviet Union on the eastern front in WW2. 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.

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. 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
Winter Olympic Games3rd3rd
World Championships5th1st2nd1st1st1st
European Championships2nd2nd1st
Hungarian Championships1st1st1st1st1st1st

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hilary Evans; Arild Gjerde; Jeroen Heijmans & Bill Mallon. "László Szollás Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
  • Pairs on Ice profile
  • Jews in Sports bio
  • "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 2007-07-10.
  • "European Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.


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