László Szollás

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László Szollás
WP Emilia Rotter and Laszlo Szollas.jpg
Rotter and Szollás in 1933
Personal information
Full nameLászló Szollás
Country represented Hungary
Born(1907-11-13)13 November 1907
Budapest
Died4 October 1980(1980-10-04) (aged 72)
Budapest
Former partnerEmília Rotter
Retired1936
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Figure skating
Representing  Hungary
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Lake Placid Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs

László (Ladislaus) Szollás (13 November 1907 in Budapest, Hungary – 4 October 1980) was a Hungarian world champion and Olympic medalist pair skater.

Early life[]

Szollas was Jewish.[1][2][3][4] He attended the Ludovika Military Academy in the Horthy era.[citation needed].

Figure skating career[]

With partner Emília Rotter he won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years (1931, 1933, 1934, and 1935), and they were the 1932 World silver medalists.[5] They were also the 1934 European Champions, and 1930 and 1931 silver medalists.[5]

They represented Hungary at the 1932 Winter Olympics and at the 1936 Winter Olympics, winning two bronze medals.[5]

Later life[]

László Szollás commemorative plaque in Budapest District XII, Győri Street No 2/c

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.[6] 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 earned a medical degree at the Péter Pázmány University and became a sports medicine doctor at the Sport Korhaz (Hospital for Professional Sports) in Budapest and a surgeon at the Országos Sportegészségügyi Intézet in Budapest.[7] After the war he returned to Hungary and worked as a physician in the National Institute of Physical Education and Sports Hygiene in Budapest and served as President of the Hungarian Skating Association.[7]

Hall of Fame[]

He and his partner, Emília Rotter, were elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[4][7]

Competitive highlights[]

(with Rotter)

Event 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936
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[]

  1. ^ Wiener, Julie. "Jews in the Olympics". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. Purdue University Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-55753-629-7. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Laszlo Szollas". Jewishsports.net. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hines, James R. (22 April 2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating - James R. Hines - Google Books. ISBN 978-0-8108-7085-7. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. ^ Hilary Evans; Arild Gjerde; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon. "László Szollás Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Guard, Skate (14 February 2018). "Skate Guard: Two Hits Of Hungary: The Emília Rotter And László Szollás Story". Skateguard1.blogspot.com. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

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