Jeannette Altwegg was the 1952 Olympic champion, the 1948 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1951 World champion, and a double European champion.
13 Facts About Jeannette Altwegg
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Jeannette Altwegg was raised in Liverpool, the daughter of a Scottish mother and Swiss father.
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Jeannette Altwegg was a competitive tennis player, reaching the junior finals at Wimbledon in 1947 before giving up the sport to focus on skating.
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Jeannette Altwegg was coached by Jacques Gerschwiler and was known for her strong compulsory figures.
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Jeannette Altwegg won bronze at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, Switzerland, finishing third behind Barbara Ann Scott of Canada and Eva Pawlik of Austria.
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Jeannette Altwegg successfully defended her continental title at the 1952 European Championships in Vienna.
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Jeannette Altwegg was awarded gold at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, ahead of Tenley Albright of the United States and Jacqueline du Bief of France.
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Jeannette Altwegg became the first British woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics.
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Jeannette Altwegg's achievement was not matched until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver when Amy Williams won gold in skeleton.
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Jeannette Altwegg was the first British woman to have won two individual medals at the Winter Olympics.
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Jeannette Altwegg was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Jeannette Altwegg married Marc Wirz, the brother of Swiss skater Susi Wirz.
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In June 2021, the death of Jeannette Altwegg was announced in Switzerland.