Jeannette Altwegg
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Bronze | 1948 St. Moritz | Ladies' singles | |
| Gold | 1952 Oslo | Ladies' singles | |
Jeannette Altwegg (born September 8, 1930 in Liverpool) was a British figure skater. She first rose to prominence by capturing the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. She won the gold medal at the 1951 World Figure Skating Championships and capped her career by winning gold at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Afterwards, she bypassed a lucrative professional career to take a job working with war orphans.
Altwegg was also a competitive tennis player, reaching the junior finals at Wimbledon in 1947 before giving up the sport to focus on skating.
[edit] Competitive highlights
| Event/Season | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
| European Championships | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
| World Championships | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | - |
| Winter Olympics | - | 3rd | - | - | - | 1st |
[edit] Navigation
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1908: Madge Syers-Cave | 1920: Magda Julin | 1924: Herma Szabo | 1928: Sonja Henie | 1932: Sonja Henie | 1936: Sonja Henie | 1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1952: Jeannette Altwegg | 1956: Tenley Albright | 1960: Carol Heiss | 1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1968: Peggy Fleming | 1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1976: Dorothy Hamill | 1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1984: Katarina Witt | 1988: Katarina Witt | 1992: Kristi Yamaguchi | 1994: Oksana Baiul | 1998: Tara Lipinski | 2002: Sarah Hughes | 2006: Shizuka Arakawa |
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1930: Fritzi Burger | 1931-1936: Sonja Henie | 1937-1939: Cecilia Colledge | 1947-1948: Barbara Ann Scott | 1949: Eva Pawlik | 1950: Ája Vrzáňová | 1951: Jeannette Altwegg | 1952: Jeannette Altwegg | 1953: Valda Osborn | 1954: Gundi Busch | 1955: Hanna Eigel | 1956: Ingrid Wendl | 1957: Hanna Eigel | 1958: Ingrid Wendl | 1959: Hanna Walter | 1960-1964: Sjoukje Dijkstra | 1965-1966: Regine Heitzer | 1967: Gabriele Seyfert | 1968: Hana Mašková | 1969-1970: Gabriele Seyfert | 1971-1972: Beatrix Schuba | 1973-1975: Christine Errath | 1976: Dianne de Leeuw | 1977-1980: Anett Pötzsch | 1981: Denise Biellmann | 1982: Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 1983-1988: Katarina Witt | 1989: Claudia Leistner | 1990: Evelyn Großmann | 1991-1995: Surya Bonaly | 1996-1997: Irina Slutskaya | 1998-1999: Maria Butyrskaya | 2000-2001: Irina Slutskaya | 2002: Maria Butyrskaya | 2003: Irina Slutskaya | 2004: Julia Sebestyen | 2005-2006: Irina Slutskaya |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Altwegg, Jeannette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Altwegg, Jeanette |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
