Artefacts

Lake Placid 1932, winner's medal, bronze, awarded to Emilia ROTTER (HUN) for figure skating.

Physical description

Corrugated medal. Obverse: Winged victory over the clouds, holding a laurel wreath in his right hand, in his back the sky is dotted by the rays of the rising sun. Under the clouds lie the Adirondack Mountains with a winter sports stadium, ski jump and the scenery of Lake Placid at their feet. Reverse: Olympic symbol above the caption: "III OLYMPIC / WINTER GAMES / LAKE PLACID / 1932" with two laurel branches. Edge: hallmark of the manufacturer: "ROBBINS CO / ATTLEBORO".

Created

Created: Julio KILENYI Created: Robbins Company

Used

Used: Emilia ROTTER

Materials

bronze

Colors

bronze

Dimension

ø 5.5 x 0.5 cm, 83 g

Literature

LENNARTZ, Karl. Olympische Siege: Medaillen, Diplome, Ehrungen. Berlin : Sportverlag, cop. 2000. 474 p. ISBN 3-328-00865-9. GREENSFELDER, Jim. VORONTSOV, Oleg. LALLY, Jim.. Olympic Medals, A Reference Guide. Saratoga : GVL Enterprises, 1998. GREENSFELDER, Jim. "Premiers prix". In: Revue Olympique, nov.-déc. 2005, III Olympic Winter Games Committee Lake Placid, NY, USA. III Olympic Winter Games, Lake Placid 1932 : official report. Lake Placid : III Olympic Winter Games Committee, cop. 1932. GADOURY, Victor, Médailles et Monnaies Olympiques, Monaco : Editions Victor Gadoury, 1996. 555 p. ISBN 2-906602-10-8.

Type of item

Medals -> winner's medal

Reference number

235967

Keywords

Lake Placid 1932, Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid Hungary Figure skating/Pairs[X]Nature and the environment Mountain victory Sport complexe Stadium Laurel Olympic symbol War History

Notes

Lake Placid 1932, diploma and third-place winners medal awarded to Emilia ROTTER (HUN) in figure skating. Like many Jewish families in Europe during the Second World War, the stories of Emilia Rotter and László Szollás, her skating partner, were grim. Several members of the Rotter family from Budapest were killed in concentration camps during the holocaust, but Emilia managed to survive. For his part, László served in the German army on the Russian battlefields. After being captured, he endured three years as a prisoner of war. After the war, Emilia married, and László returned to Hungary. He worked as a doctor at the National Institute of Physical Education and Sports Hygiene in Budapest, and became President of the Hungarian Skating Association. Purchased at auction