Elna Montgomery

Elna Montgomery
Montgomery at the 1909 Nordic Games
Personal information
Born(1885-10-23)23 October 1885
Stockholm, Sweden
Died13 June 1981(1981-06-13) (aged 95)
Båstad, Sweden
Figure skating career
Country Sweden

Elna Charlotta Elvira Montgomery (23 October 1885 – 13 June 1981) was a Swedish figure skater and the 1912 Swedish national champion. She competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics where figure skating was contested, and finished fourth out of five skaters.

Career

Montgomery primarily competed in single skating; however, she was also the 1912 Swedish pair champion with Per Thorén.

In February 1908, she competed in an international competition held concurrent with the 1908 World Championships in pairs in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she placed third. Later that year, she competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics and finished 4th out of five skaters. The official report said that she fell on a toe-step, but otherwise skated well, though "her programme did not contain any items of difficulty." The next year, she competed in the Nordic Games and placed third behind Elsa Rendschmidt and Opika von Méray Horváth. In 1912, she won the Swedish Championships, and in 1916, she placed second.

Personal life

In 1918, she married Allan Bäckman, who would later become the Norwegian consul in Malmö.

Results

Montgomery performing an exhibition in 1098

Single skating

Competition placements between the 1908 and 1916 season 
Season 1908 1909 1912 1916
Summer Olympics 4th
Swedish Championships 1st 2nd
Nordic Games 3rd

References

  1. ↑ "Elna Montgomery". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Gösta Sandahl svensk mästare i konståkning" [Gösta Sandahl Swedish champion in figure skating]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 19 February 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Internationales Eislausmeeting in Petersburg" [International Figure Skating Competition in St. Petersburg]. Tagespost (in German). 19 February 1908. p. 22. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Official Report of the 1908 Olympic Games". digital.la84.org. 1908. p. 339. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "NORDISKA SPELEN STOCKHOLM ÅR 1909" [NORDIC GAMES STOCKHOLM 1909.]. Finskt idrottsblad : officiellt organ för Helsingfors gymnastikklubb (in Finnish). 28 February 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Svenska mästerskapen i konståkning" [Swedish figure skating championships]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 7 February 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gösta Sandahl svensk mästare i konståkning" [Gösta Sandahl Swedish champion in figure skating]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 19 February 1912. p. 9. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Montgomery, släkt" [Montgomery family]. Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 July 2026.