HERMA SZABO

(22 FEBRUARY 1902 – 7 MAY 1986)

Name: Herma Szabo

Country: Austria
Year of Participation in the Olympic
Games and Country: 1924, Chamonix,
France
BIOGRAPHY: HERMA SZABO (22 FEBRUARY 1902 – 7 MAY 1986) WAS AN AUSTRIAN
FIGURE SKATER WHO COMPETED IN LADIES’ SINGLES AND PAIRS. AS A SINGLE
SKATER, SHE BECAME THE 1924 OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND A FIVE-TIME WORLD
CHAMPION (1922–1926). SHE ALSO WON TWO WORLD TITLES IN PAIRS WITH
LUDWIG WREDE. SZABO WAS BORN IN VIENNA, WHERE SHE CAME FROM A FAMILY
OF FIGURE SKATERS. HER MOTHER WAS CHRISTA VON SZABO, A TWO-TIME
WORLD MEDALIST IN PAIRS FIGURE SKATING AND HER UNCLE WAS EDUARD
ENGELMANN JR., A THREE TIME EUROPEAN CHAMPION IN MEN’S FIGURE SKATING,
WHO BUILT THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL ICE RINK.

SPORT: FIGURE SKATING

MEDALS: GOLD MEDAL AT THE 1924 WINTER OLYMPICS
IN LADIES FIGURE SKATING. FIVE CONSECUTIVE
WORLD TITLES IN LADIES’ FIGURE SKATING FROM 1922
TO 1926. TWO WORLD TITLES IN PAIRS WITH LUDWIG
WREDE IN 1925 AND 1927.

2005
Webgraphy:
Herma Szabo - Wikipedia
Herma PLANCK-SZABO - Olympics.com