Opika von Méray Horváth
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Méray Horváth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1889-12-30)December 30, 1889 Arad | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | April 25, 1977(1977-04-25) (aged 87) Budapest | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1914 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opika von Méray Horváth (December 30, 1889 – April 25, 1977), a.k.a. Zsófia Méray-Horváth, was a Hungarian figure skater. She won three consecutive World titles (1912–1914).
Biography
Méray Horváth was born in Arad in 1889. She began skating in Budapest Skating Club (Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet). She is the second top level female Hungarian skater, after Lily Kronberger.
In World Figure Skating Championships in Vienna in 1911, Méray Horváth placed second behind Kronberger; in the next three years, she won consecutive gold medals. World War I ended her career.
She later worked as a language teacher and died in Budapest in 1977.
Results
Event | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
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World Championships | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
External links
- Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
- Skating in Hungary 2004 European Figure Skating Championships
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- 1906–07: Madge Syers
- 1908–11: Lily Kronberger
- 1912–14: Opika von Méray Horváth
- 1922–26: Herma Szabo
- 1927–36: Sonja Henie
- 1937: Cecilia Colledge
- 1938–39: Megan Taylor
- 1947–48: Barbara Ann Scott
- 1949–50: Alena Vrzáňová
- 1951: Jeannette Altwegg
- 1952: Jacqueline du Bief
- 1953: Tenley Albright
- 1954: Gundi Busch
- 1955: Tenley Albright
- 1956–60: Carol Heiss
- 1962–64: Sjoukje Dijkstra
- 1965: Petra Burka
- 1966–68: Peggy Fleming
- 1969–70: Gabriele Seyfert
- 1971–72: 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
- 1984–85: Katarina Witt
- 1986: Debi Thomas
- 1987–88: Katarina Witt
- 1989: Midori Ito
- 1990: Jill Trenary
- 1991–92: Kristi Yamaguchi
- 1993: Oksana Baiul
- 1994: Yuka Sato
- 1995: Chen Lu
- 1996: Michelle Kwan
- 1997: Tara Lipinski
- 1998: Michelle Kwan
- 1999: Maria Butyrskaya
- 2000–01: 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
- 2016–17: Evgenia Medvedeva
- 2018: Kaetlyn Osmond
- 2019: Alina Zagitova
- 2021: Anna Shcherbakova
- 2022–24: Kaori Sakamoto
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