Jeannette Altwegg | Personal Information |
| Full name: | Jeannette Eleanor Altwegg |
| Country represented: |  United Kingdom |
| Date of birth: | 8 September 1930 (1930-09-08) (age 79) |
| Skating club: | Queens Ice Dance Club, London |
Jeannette Altwegg (married name: Wirz; born 8 September 1930 in India) is a British figure skater. She is the 1952 Olympic champion, the 1948 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1951 World champion, and the 1951 & 1952 European champion
Altwegg was born in India and raised in Lancashire.
Altwegg was a competitive tennis player, reaching the junior finals at Wimbledon in 1947 before giving up the sport to focus on skating.
Afterwards, she bypassed a lucrative professional career to take a job working with war orphans.[citation needed]
She married Marc Wirz, the brother of Swiss skater Susi Wirz. They had four children and divorced in 1973. Their daughter Christina Wirz was a member of the Swiss 1983 World champion and European bronze medalist curling team[1].
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| Persondata |
| NAME | Altwegg, Jeannette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Altwegg, Jeanette |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |
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