Jeannette Altwegg




































Jeannette Altwegg

Jeannette Altwegg 1951.jpg
Altwegg in 1951

Personal information
Full name Jeannette Eleanor Altwegg
Country represented
 United Kingdom
Born
(1930-09-08) 8 September 1930 (age 88)
Bombay, India
Former coach Jacques Gerschwiler
Skating club Queens Ice Dance Club, London
Retired 1952

Medal record























































Representing  Great Britain

Figure skating: Ladies' singles

Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Oslo
Ladies' singles
Bronze medal – third place 1948 St. Moritz
Singles

World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1951 Milan Singles
Silver medal – second place 1950 London Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Paris Singles

European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1952 Vienna Singles
Gold medal – first place 1951 Zürich Singles
Silver medal – second place 1950 Oslo Singles
Bronze medal – third place 1949 Milan Singles



Jeannette Altwegg, CBE (married name: Wirz; born 8 September 1930) is a British former figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She is the 1952 Olympic champion, the 1948 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1951 World champion, and a double (1951 & 1952) European champion.




Contents






  • 1 Life and career


    • 1.1 Early life


    • 1.2 Skating career


    • 1.3 Later life




  • 2 Results


  • 3 References





Life and career



Early life


Altwegg was born on 8 September 1930 in Bombay, India.[1][2] She was raised in Lancashire, the daughter of a British mother and Swiss father.[3] She was a competitive tennis player, reaching the junior finals at Wimbledon in 1947 before giving up the sport to focus on skating.



Skating career


Altwegg was coached by Jacques Gerschwiler and was known for her strong compulsory figures.[3] She won bronze at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, finishing third behind Barbara Ann Scott of Canada and Eva Pawlik of Austria. In 1951, she stood atop the podium at the European Championships in Zurich and at the World Championships in Milan.


Altwegg successfully defended her continental title at the 1952 European Championships in Vienna. She 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.[2] She became the first British woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics. Her achievement was not matched until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver when Amy Williams won gold in skeleton.[4] Altwegg was the first British woman to have won two individual medals (gold and bronze) at the Winter Olympics.


After her Olympic victory, Altwegg bypassed a lucrative professional career due to a knee injury.[3] In 1953, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire. She was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1993.[5]



Later life


After retiring from skating, Altwegg worked at Pestalozzi Children's Village in Switzerland.[6] She married Marc Wirz, the brother of Swiss skater Susi Wirz. They had four children before divorcing in 1973.[3] Their daughter Christina Wirz was a member of Switzerland's 1983 World champion curling team.[7]



Results


















































International
Event
 1947
 1948
 1949
 1950
 1951
 1952
Winter Olympics 3rd 1st
World Championships 5th 4th 3rd 2nd 1st
European Championships 4th 5th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st
National
British Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st


References





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  2. ^ ab "Jeannette Altwegg". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009.


  3. ^ abcd Russell, Susan D. (1 August 2011). "Jeannette Altwegg: Recollections from the Past". IFS Magazine.


  4. ^ "Amy Williams wins historic gold medal at Winter Olympics". Bath Chronicle. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010.


  5. ^ "World Figure Skating Hall of Fame".


  6. ^ Goodbody, John (21 February 2010). "Jeannette Altwegg: the tennis player who skated her way to gold". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.


  7. ^ "European Curling Federation: ECC Winners". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011.













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