Skating club WEV, Wien Name Liselotte Landbeck | Role Olympic athlete | |
Born 13 January 1916 (age 108) ( 1916-01-13 ) Vienna, Austria Olympic medals Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics - Women's Singles Similar People Cecilia Colledge, Maribel Vinson, Sonja Henie | ||
Liselotte Landbeck (13 January 1916 – 15 February 2013) was an Austrian athlete who competed at a high level in both figure skating and speed skating in the 1930s. In figure skating, she won the bronze medal at the 1934 World Championships. In speed skating, she won the first unofficial World Championship for ladies in 1933, and held the ladies' world record in the 500m as well as the 1000 m.
Although she originally was from Vienna, in 1935, she married the Belgian figure skater Robert Verdun and moved to that country. She represented Belgium in the 1936 Winter Olympics.
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