Franz Zilly

{{Short description|German figure skater}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's figure skating}}

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Franz Zilly was a German figure skater who competed in men's singles.

He won the bronze medal at the first-ever European Figure Skating Championship (held in Hamburg in 1891).{{cite book|author=James R. Hines|title=Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LSEkqy6BS44C&q=%22Franz+Zilly%22|date=2011-04-22|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7085-7}}{{cite book|author=James R Hines|title=Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KD_oBgAAQBAJ&q=%22Franz+Zilly%22|date=30 March 2015|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-09704-1}}{{cite book|author=Raymond Flower|title=The history of skiing and other winter sports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9QeCAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Franz+Zilly%22|year=1976|publisher=Methuen|isbn=9780458927807}}