Emília Rotter

Emília Rotter (8 September 1906 in Budapest, Hungary – 28 January 2003) was a Hungarian pair skater.

Emília Rotter
Rotter and Szollás in 1933
Personal information
Full nameEmília Rotter
Country represented Hungary
Born(1906-09-08)8 September 1906
Budapest
Died28 January 2003(2003-01-28) (aged 96)
Budapest
Former partnerLászló Szollás
Medal record
Pairs figure skating
Representing  Hungary
Olympic Games
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs
1932 Lake Placid Pairs
World Championships
1935 BudapestPairs
1934 HelsinkiPairs
1933 StockholmPairs
1932 MontrealPairs
1931 BerlinPairs
European Championships
1934 PraguePairs
1931 St. MoritzPairs
1930 ViennaPairs

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


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