Yolande Jobin
Full nameYolande Jobin
Born(1930-05-30)30 May 1930
London
Died11 October 2010(2010-10-11) (aged 80)
Canton de Vaud, Chexbres, Switzerland
Figure skating career
Country  Switzerland
CoachArnold 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

Event 1950 1951 1952 1953
Winter Olympic Games18th
World Championships17th18th17th
European Championships12th11th13th
Swiss Championships1st

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