Lilly Scholz

Lilly Scholz
Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser in Davos in 1928
nation	Austria
birthday	April 18, 1903
Career
discipline	Pair skating
Former partner	Willy Petter, Otto Kaiser
society	Viennese EV
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 × World Cup medals 1 × 3 × 1 × EM medals 0 × 2 × 1 ×
winter Olympics silver St. Moritz 1928 Couples  World figure skating championships bronze Vienna 1925 Couples silver Berlin 1926 Couples silver Vienna 1927 Couples silver London 1928 Couples gold Budapest 1929 Couples  European figure skating championships bronze St. Moritz 1931 Couples silver Paris 1932 Couples silver London 1933 Couples

Lilly Scholz , married. Gaillard (born April 18, 1903 ; † unknown) was an Austrian figure skater who started in pair skating .

Scholz initially competed in pair skating alongside Otto Kaiser . They became Austrian champions for the first time in Vienna in 1924 . In the years 1927 to 1929 they were able to win the national title again.

From 1925 to 1929 Scholz and Kaiser took part in world championships . They always made it to the podium. In 1925 they won the bronze medal, in 1926 , 1927 and 1928 they became vice world champions and finally world champions in Budapest in 1929 . Their main competitors were their compatriots Herma Szabó and Ludwig Wrede and the French Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet . At the Olympic Games in St. Moritz in 1928 , Scholz and Kaiser won the silver medal behind Joly and Brunet.

After their wedding, Scholz started in 1931 under the name Gaillard with Willy Petter . The two became Austrian champions in 1931 and 1932 . They won the bronze medal at the European Championships in 1931 and became vice-European champions in 1932 and 1933 . In their only World Cup participation, they missed a medal with fourth place in 1931 .

Results

Pair skating

(with Otto Kaiser )

Competition / year	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
winter Olympics					2.
World championships		3.	2.	2.	2.	1.
Austrian championships	1.			1.	1.	1.

(with Willy Petter )

Competition / year	1931	1932	1933
World championships	4th
European championships	3.	2.	2.
Austrian championships	1.	1.	2.

Web links

Commons : Lilly Scholz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Lilly Scholz in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser at the 1928 Olympic Games in St. Moritz