Lily Kronberger
- Lily Kronberger
Lily Kronberger (
November 12 1890 –May 21 1974 ), also spelled Lili Kronberger, was a Hungarian figure skater competitive during the early years of modern figure skating. She was Hungary’s first World Champion.Early life
Kronberger was born in
Budapest in 1890.Career
Kronberger won a World
bronze medal in 1906, at the first official World Championships to include a ladies' event.She won bronze again in 1907, and four gold medals from 1908 to 1911.
She was the first athlete to win a world championship gold for Hungary.
In 1911, Kronberger became the first skater to use musical accompaniment during her entire free program. She did this at the suggestion of
Zoltán Kodály .She died in Budapest in 1977.
Halls of Fame
Kronberger, who was
Jewish , was inducted into theInternational Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. [ [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LiliKronberger.htm Lili Kronberger] at Jewishsports.net][http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LiliKronberger.htm Jewishsports.net]
She was inducted into the
World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1997.Competitive highlights
References
:* [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/LiliKronberger.htm International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Lili Kronberger] :* [http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/Olympika/Olympika_1996/olympika0501k.pdf "From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary," 1985]
External links
* [http://www.efsc2004.hu/ang/tortenet.html Skating in Hungary] 2004 European Figure Skating Championships
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