Lily Kronberger

Hungarian figure skater

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
Retired| 1911

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),[1][2] 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[edit]

Kronberger was born in Budapest in 1890[1][3] as the youngest child and only daughter of Miksa Kronberger (1857-1902), a lumber merchant, and Janka Kreisler (1867-1927).

## Career[edit]

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.[4]" She was the first athlete to win a world championship gold for Hungary.

At the 1911 championship in Vienna, she caused a stir by bringing a military band along to play during her free skating program,[5][6] which included a "clear interpretation"[7] of the music she used, even though the use of music during international figure skatine competitions was rare at the time.[7]

Later in 1911, she married Imre Szent-Györgyi[3] and retired from competition, handing the baton over to Opika Méray Horváth.

She died in Budapest in 1974, at the age of 83.[2]

## Halls of Fame[edit]

Kronberger, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[4]

She was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1997.

## Results[edit]

Event  | 1906  | 1907  | 1908  | 1909  | 1910  | 1911

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World Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st
Hungarian Championships* |  |  | 1st | 1st | 1st |

*Co-ed competition from 1900–1922

## See also[edit]

* List of select Jewish figure skaters

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Entry number 2317 in the 1890 birth register of the Jewish congregation of Pest (Accessed 17 May 2020)
2. ^ a b Budapest District II civil register of deaths, entry 701/1974 (Accessed 17 May 2020)
3. ^ a b Budapest District V civil register of marriages, entry 154/1911 (Accessed 17 May 2020)
4. ^ a b Lili Kronberger at Jewishsports.net
5. ^ "ÖNB-ANNO - Blatt der Hausfrau - Heft 20 - Seite 5". anno.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
6. ^ Blog, Skate Guard. "Skate Guard: Marches And Mazurkas: Music's Role In Figure Skating History". Skate Guard. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
7. ^ a b Kestnbaum, Ellyn (2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning. Middleton, Connecticut: Wesleyan Publishing Press. p. 103\. ISBN 0-8195-6641-1.

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

## External links[edit]

* Skating in Hungary 2004 European Figure Skating Championships

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World champions in figure skating – Women's singles

* 1906:  Madge Syers
* 1907:  Madge Syers
* 1908:  Lily Kronberger
* 1909:  Lily Kronberger
* 1910:  Lily Kronberger
* 1911:  Lily Kronberger
* 1912:  Opika von Méray Horváth
* 1913:  Opika von Méray Horváth
* 1914:  Opika von Méray Horváth
* 1922:  Herma Szabo
* 1923:  Herma Szabo
* 1924:  Herma Szabo
* 1925:  Herma Szabo
* 1926:  Herma Szabo
* 1927:  Sonja Henie
* 1928:  Sonja Henie
* 1929:  Sonja Henie
* 1930:  Sonja Henie
* 1931:  Sonja Henie
* 1932:  Sonja Henie
* 1933:  Sonja Henie
* 1934:  Sonja Henie
* 1935:  Sonja Henie
* 1936:  Sonja Henie
* 1937:  Cecilia Colledge
* 1938:  Megan Taylor
* 1939:  Megan Taylor
* 1947:  Barbara Ann Scott
* 1948:  Barbara Ann Scott
* 1949:  Alena Vrzáňová
* 1950:  Alena Vrzáňová
* 1951:  Jeannette Altwegg
* 1952:  Jacqueline du Bief
* 1953:  Tenley Albright
* 1954:  Gundi Busch
* 1955:  Tenley Albright
* 1956:  Carol Heiss
* 1957:  Carol Heiss
* 1958:  Carol Heiss
* 1959:  Carol Heiss
* 1960:  Carol Heiss
* 1962:  Sjoukje Dijkstra
* 1963:  Sjoukje Dijkstra
* 1964:  Sjoukje Dijkstra
* 1965:  Petra Burka
* 1966:  Peggy Fleming
* 1967:  Peggy Fleming
* 1968:  Peggy Fleming
* 1969:  Gabriele Seyfert
* 1970:  Gabriele Seyfert
* 1971:  Trixi Schuba
* 1972:  Trixi Schuba
* 1973:  Karen Magnussen
* 1974:  Christine Errath
* 1975:  Dianne de Leeuw
* 1976:  Dorothy Hamill
* 1977:  Linda Fratianne
* 1978:  Anett Pötzsch
* 1979:  Linda Fratianne
* 1980:  Anett Pötzsch
* 1981:  Denise Biellmann
* 1982:  Elaine Zayak
* 1983:  Rosalynn Sumners
* 1984:  Katarina Witt
* 1985:  Katarina Witt
* 1986:  Debi Thomas
* 1987:  Katarina Witt
* 1988:  Katarina Witt
* 1989:  Midori Ito
* 1990:  Jill Trenary
* 1991:  Kristi Yamaguchi
* 1992:  Kristi Yamaguchi
* 1993:  Oksana Baiul
* 1994:  Yuka Sato
* 1995:  Chen Lu
* 1996:  Michelle Kwan
* 1997:  Tara Lipinski
* 1998:  Michelle Kwan
* 1999:  Maria Butyrskaya
* 2000:  Michelle Kwan
* 2001:  Michelle Kwan
* 2002:  Irina Slutskaya
* 2003:  Michelle Kwan
* 2004:  Shizuka Arakawa
* 2005:  Irina Slutskaya
* 2006:  Kimmie Meissner
* 2007:  Miki Ando
* 2008:  Mao Asada
* 2009:  Yuna Kim
* 2010:  Mao Asada
* 2011:  Miki Ando
* 2012:  Carolina Kostner
* 2013:  Yuna Kim
* 2014:  Mao Asada
* 2015:  Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
* 2016:  Evgenia Medvedeva
* 2017:  Evgenia Medvedeva
* 2018:  Kaetlyn Osmond
* 2019:  Alina Zagitova
* 2021:  Anna Shcherbakova
* 2022:  Kaori Sakamoto
* 2023:  Kaori Sakamoto
* 2024:  Kaori Sakamoto

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Hungarian champions in figure skating – Men's singles

* 1900: Árpád Wein
* 1901: Tivadar Meszléri
* 1903: Jenő Márkus
* 1904–1907: Sándor Urbáry
* 1908–1910: Lily Kronberger
* 1911–1912: Andor Szende
* 1914: Andor Szende
* 1922: Andor Szende
* 1924–1926: Pál Jaross
* 1927–1928: József Lápocsy
* 1929–1932: Marcell Vadas
* 1933–1936: Dénes Pataky
* 1937–1939: Elemér Terták
* 1940: Kristóf Kállay
* 1941: Ede Király
* 1942–1943: Kristóf Kállay
* 1944: Ede Király
* 1946–1950: Ede Király
* 1951–1952: György Czakó
* 1953: István Szenes
* 1954: György Czakó
* 1955–1956: István Szenes
* 1957: Miklós Kuharovicz
* 1958–1959: Miklós Rácz
* 1960: Károly Ujlaky
* 1961: Jenő Ébert
* 1962: Károly Ujlaky
* 1963–1968: Jenő Ébert
* 1969: Zoltán Horváth
* 1970–1979: László Vajda
* 1980–1981: István Simon
* 1982–1984: András Száraz
* 1985: Imre Raábe
* 1986–1990: András Száraz
* 1991: Péter Kovács
* 1992: Balázs Grenczer
* 1993: Szabolcs Vidrai
* 1994–1995: Zsolt Kerekes
* 1996–2000: Szabolcs Vidrai
* 2001: Zoltán Tóth
* 2002: Bertalan Zákány
* 2003–2006: Zoltán Tóth
* 2007–2009: Tigran Vardanjan
* 2010: Márton Markó
* 2011: Tigran Vardanjan
* 2012–2014: Márton Markó
* 2015: Kristóf Forgó
* 2016: Alexander Maszljanko
* 2017: Alexander Borovoj
* 2018: Alexander Maszljanko
* 2019: Alexander Borovoj
* 2020–2022: András Csernoch
* 2023: Aleksandr Vlasenko

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