László Szollás | |
|---|---|
 Rotter and Szollás in 1933 | |
| Retired | 1936 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 November 1907 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died |
4 October 1980 (aged 72) Budapest, Hungary |
László (Ladislaus) Szollás (13 November 1907 – 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[]
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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 |
References[]
- ↑ Wiener, Julie. "Jews in the Olympics". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. https://www.jta.org/1984/08/07/archive/jews-in-the-olympics-6.
- ↑ Jews in the Gym: Judaism, Sports, and Athletics. Purdue University Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-55753-629-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=UlHBGC2-FS0C&q=L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3+Szoll%C3%A1s+jewish&pg=PA108. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ↑ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. ISBN 978-0-88125-969-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&q=L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3+Szoll%C3%A1s+jewish&pg=PA44. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Laszlo Szollas". Jewishsports.net. http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LaszloSzollas.htm.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Hines, James R. (22 April 2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating - James R. Hines - Google Books. ISBN 978-0-8108-7085-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=LSEkqy6BS44C&q=L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3+Szoll%C3%A1s+skating&pg=PA189. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ↑ "László Szollás Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sz/laszlo-szollas-1.html.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Guard, Skate (14 February 2018). "Skate Guard: Two Hits Of Hungary: The Emília Rotter And László Szollás Story". Skateguard1.blogspot.com. http://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2018/02/two-hits-of-hungary-emilia-rotter-and.html.
External links[]
- Pairs on Ice profile
- Jews in Sports bio
- "Skate Canada Results Book – Volume 1–1896–1973". Skate Canada. http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-%20Volume1-1896-1973.pdf.
- "World Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists". International Skating Union. http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-148238-165454-56217-0-file,00.pdf.
- "European Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists". International Skating Union. http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147120-164336-54459-0-file,00.pdf.
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