Lily Kronberger

Lily Kronberger
Lily Kronberger
Born	(1890-11-12)12 November 1890
Died	21 May 1974(1974-05-21) (aged 83)
Figure skating career
Country	Hungary
Medal record Representing Hungary Ladies' Figure skating World Championships 1911 Vienna Ladies' singles 1910 Davos Ladies' singles 1909 Budapest Ladies' singles 1908 Troppau Ladies' singles 1907 Vienna Ladies' singles 1906 Davos Ladies' singles

Lily Kronberger

Lily Kronberger (12 November 1890 – 21 May 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 1974, at the age of 83.

Halls of Fame

Kronberger, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.

Jewishsports.net

She was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame

Results

Event	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911
World Championships	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st
Hungarian Championships*			1st	1st	1st

*Co-ed competition from 1900–1922

See also

• List of select Jewish figure skaters

References

• International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame – Lili Kronberger
• "From the Ghetto to the Games: Jewish Athletes in Hungary," 1985

External links

• Skating in Hungary 2004 European Figure Skating Championships