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Jeannette Altwegg

1930 - 2021

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Jeannette Eleanor Wirz CBE (née Altwegg; 8 September 1930 – 18 June 2021) was a British figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She was the 1952 Olympic champion, the 1948 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1951 World champion, and a double (1951 & 1952) European champion. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeannette Altwegg is the 51st most popular skater (down from 43rd in 2019), the 596th most popular biography from India (down from 556th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Jeannette Altwegg ranks 51 out of 483Before her are Stien Kaiser, Eric Heiden, Tony Hawk, Lily Kronberger, Per Thorén, and Emília Rotter. After her are Andrée Brunet, Ede Király, Ken Henry, Alexia Bryn, Trixi Schuba, and Göran Claeson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jeannette Altwegg ranks 384Before her are Leonid Abalkin, Giorgio Ghezzi, Jean Guillou, William H. Dana, Edward Woodward, and Kurt Nielsen. After her are Hank Mobley, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, David Amram, Theodore Freeman, Hector Bianciotti, and John Alcott. Among people deceased in 2021, Jeannette Altwegg ranks 352Before her are Susana Higuchi, Milkha Singh, Pedro Casado, Jacques Tits, Gustavo Peña, and Fausta Morganti. After her are Ivan Toplak, Alexander Gradsky, Willie Garson, Lee Aaker, John Madden, and Eusébio Scheid.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jeannette Altwegg ranks 596 out of 1,861Before her are Christian Zacharias (1950), Faizi (1547), Balamani Amma (1909), Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), and Shabana Azmi (1950). After her are Amarinder Singh (1942), Antony Padiyara (1921), Azim Premji (1945), Harihara I (1336), Palden Thondup Namgyal (1923), and Om Puri (1950).

Among SKATERS In India

Among skaters born in India, Jeannette Altwegg ranks 1