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.

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

Early life

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

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

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

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