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 name	Emília Rotter
Country represented	Hungary
Born	(1906-09-08)8 September 1906 Budapest
Died	28 January 2003(2003-01-28) (aged 96) Budapest
Former partner	László Szollás
Medal record Pairs figure skating Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs 1932 Lake Placid Pairs World Championships 1935 Budapest Pairs 1934 Helsinki Pairs 1933 Stockholm Pairs 1932 Montreal Pairs 1931 Berlin Pairs European Championships 1934 Prague Pairs 1931 St. Moritz Pairs 1930 Vienna Pairs

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 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

• List of select Jewish figure skaters

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

• Pairs on Ice profile
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emília Rotter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• "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 2013-12-05.
• "European Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.

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