Yolande Jobin Explained

Yolande Jobin
Fullname:Yolande Jobin
Birth Date:30 May 1930
Birth Place:London
Death Place:Canton de Vaud, Chexbres, Switzerland
Coach:Arnold Gerschwiler

Yolande Jobin (30 May 1930  - 11 October 2010) was a Swiss figure skater. She was the 1951 Swiss national champion. She represented Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics where she placed 18th. After the 1953 World Championships in Davos she retired from competitive skating. She then spent several Winters in Crans coaching young people at the ice rink. In the early 1960s she retired from all skating and settled in La Tour de Peilz near Vevey with her parents who had retired there from London. She spent the rest of her life there, looking after her elderly parents. She never married.

Competitive highlights

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18th
17th 18th 17th
12th 11th 13th
1st

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