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Full name | László Szollás | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 13 November 1907|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 October 1980 Budapest, Hungary | (aged 72)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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László (Ladislaus) Szollás (13 November 1907 – 4 October 1980) was a Hungarian world champion and Olympic medalist pair skater.
Szollás was Jewish. [1] [2] [3] [4] He attended the Ludovika Military Academy in the Horthy era.[ citation needed].
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]
After retirement, Szollás attended Semmelweis Medical School in Budapest and earned a medical degree at the Péter Pázmány University. [6] He joined the military in 1934 and became a military doctor in 1936. From 1945 until 1948, he was a prisoner of war, first by the Americans and then later the Soviets. [7] 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].
Once he returned to Hungary, he spent a short time as a physician at Kossuth Academy, then in 1951 became a surgeon at the Országos Sportegészségügyi Intézet (National Institute of Sports Medicine) in Budapest. He also returned to skating as a coach and judge. [7] He coached the pair Marianna and László Nagy after their coach was imprisoned due to a skater's defection in 1950, and he served as President of the Hungarian Skating Association from 1956 to 1961. [8]
He and his partner, Emília Rotter, were elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. [4]
(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 |
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Full name | László Szollás | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 13 November 1907|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 October 1980 Budapest, Hungary | (aged 72)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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László (Ladislaus) Szollás (13 November 1907 – 4 October 1980) was a Hungarian world champion and Olympic medalist pair skater.
Szollás was Jewish. [1] [2] [3] [4] He attended the Ludovika Military Academy in the Horthy era.[ citation needed].
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]
After retirement, Szollás attended Semmelweis Medical School in Budapest and earned a medical degree at the Péter Pázmány University. [6] He joined the military in 1934 and became a military doctor in 1936. From 1945 until 1948, he was a prisoner of war, first by the Americans and then later the Soviets. [7] 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].
Once he returned to Hungary, he spent a short time as a physician at Kossuth Academy, then in 1951 became a surgeon at the Országos Sportegészségügyi Intézet (National Institute of Sports Medicine) in Budapest. He also returned to skating as a coach and judge. [7] He coached the pair Marianna and László Nagy after their coach was imprisoned due to a skater's defection in 1950, and he served as President of the Hungarian Skating Association from 1956 to 1961. [8]
He and his partner, Emília Rotter, were elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. [4]
(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 |