Liselotte Landbeck

Liselotte Landbeck
Liselotte Landbeck at the 1932 European Championships
Born	13 January 1916 Vienna, Austria
Died	15 February 2013 (aged 97) Quintal, Haute-Savoie, France
Figure skating career
Skating club	WEV, Wien
Retired	1936
Medal record Representing Austria Ladies' Figure skating World Championships 1934 Oslo Ladies' singles European Championships 1935 St. Moritz Ladies' singles 1934 Prague Ladies' singles

Liselotte Landbeck (13 January 1916 – 15 February 2013) was an Austrian athlete who competed at a high level in both figure skating and speed skating in the 1930s. In figure skating, she won the bronze medal at the 1934 World Championships. In speed skating, she won the first unofficial World Championship for ladies in 1933, and held the ladies' world record in the 500m as well as the 1000 m.

Although she originally was from Vienna, in 1935, she married the Belgian figure skater Robert Verdun and moved to that country. She represented Belgium in the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Competitive highlights (figure skating)

International
Event	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936
Winter Olympics					4th
World Championships		6th	3rd
European Championships	5th	6th	2nd	2nd	4th
National
Austrian Championships	5th	2nd	1st	1st

References

• Skatabase
• Wiener Eislauf-Verein history at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 October 2007)
• ISU speed skating historical results at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 February 2008)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Liselotte Landbeck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.