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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.

Yolande Jobin
Personal information
Full name	Yolande Jobin
Country represented	Switzerland
Born	(1930-05-30)30 May 1930 London
Died	11 October 2010(2010-10-11) (aged 80) Canton de Vaud, Chexbres, Switzerland
Coach	Arnold Gerschwiler

Competitive highlights

Event	1950	1951	1952	1953
Winter Olympic Games			18th
World Championships		17th	18th	17th
European Championships	12th	11th	13th
Swiss Championships		1st

References

• Sports-reference profile
• List of Historical Swiss Champions
• Skatabase: 1950s World Championships: Ladies Results
• Skatabase: 1950s European Championships: Ladies Results

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