Jeannette Altwegg
Jeannette Eleanor Wirz CBE (née Altwegg; 8 September 1930 – 18 June 2021)[1] was a British figure skater who competed in ladies' singles.[5] She was a competitive tennis player, reaching the junior finals at Wimbledon in 1947 before giving up the sport to focus on skating.[6] She won bronze at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland,[7] finishing third behind Barbara Ann Scott of Canada and Eva Pawlik of Austria.She was awarded gold at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo,[7] Norway, ahead of Tenley Albright of the United States and Jacqueline du Bief of France.[5] In the 1953 Coronation Honours, she was appointed, at the recommendation of Winston Churchill, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to amateur skating.