Opika by Méray Horváth

Opika by Méray Horváth
nation	Hungary
birthday	December 30, 1889
place of birth	Arad
date of death	April 25, 1977
Place of death	Budapest
Career
discipline	Single run
Medal table
World Cup medals 3 × 1 × 0 ×
World figure skating championships silver Vienna 1911 Ladies gold Davos 1912 Ladies gold Stockholm 1913 Ladies gold St. Moritz 1914 Ladies

Opika von Méray Horváth , known in Hungary as Méray-Horváth Zsófia , (born December 30, 1889 in Arad , Austria-Hungary , † April 25, 1977 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian figure skater who started in a single run . She is the world champion from 1912 to 1914 .

Méray Horváth was born into an intellectual family in the Banat . She was a member of the Budapesti Korcsolyázó Egylet (Budapest Figure Skating Club ). She was the second Hungarian world class figure skater, after Lily Kronberger . At the World Cup in Vienna in 1911 , she was second when Kronberger won the title. It was the first double victory for a nation in women's competition at World Figure Skating Championships . Then Méray Horváth was able to win the title three times in a row. In 1912 she won in Davos in front of the British Dorothy Greenhough-Smith , in Stockholm in 1913 in front of the British Phyllis Johnson and in 1914 in St. Moritz in front of the Austrian Angela Hanka . The First World War ended her career. Later she worked as a language teacher.

Opika by Méray Horváth

Results

Competition / year	1911	1912	1913	1914
World championships	2.	1.	1.	1.

Web links

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexicon