Liselotte Landbeck

Liselotte Landbeck
Liselotte Landbeck at the 1932 European Championships
Born13 January 1916
Vienna, Austria
Died15 February 2013 (aged 97)
Quintal, Haute-Savoie, France
Figure skating career
Skating clubWEV, Wien
Retired1936
Medal record
Representing  Austria
Ladies' Figure skating
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Oslo Ladies' singles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1935 St. Moritz Ladies' singles
Silver medal – second place 1934 Prague Ladies' singles

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.

Elly Taconis versus Landbeck (right) during the first official international women's long track speed skating competition in 1932 in Davos.

In speed skating, Landbeck competed at the first ever international long track speed skating competition for women during the 1932 European Speed Skating Championships in Davos on 9–10 January 1932. She won this competition against Dutchwomen Elly Taconis by setting a new world record in the 500m as well as the world record in the 1000 m.[1][2] Landbeck won the next season the first unofficial 1933 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women.

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.

  1. ^ "Column: Na 54 jaar gerechtigheid Polen". Schaatsen.nl.
  2. ^ "1932 – Eén schaatsende vrouw tussen de mannen". 22 February 2017.