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<p>[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 4383224, member: 8258"]<b><b>Yvonne C. Sherman</b></b> (May 3, 1930 – February 2, 2005 in Colorado Springs, CO) was an American Figure skater. She won the gold medal at the <a href="https://figureskating.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Figure_Skating_Championships" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://figureskating.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Figure_Skating_Championships" rel="nofollow">U.S. Figure Skating Championships</a> twice in ladies' Single skating and once in Pair skating with partner Robert Swenning. Sherman competed in both disciplines in the 1948 Winter Olympics.</p><p><b><b><br /></b></b></p><p><b><b>Robert Joseph "Bob" Swenning</b> </b>(July 25, 1924 – November 8, 2012) was an American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_skater" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_skater" rel="nofollow">figure skater</a>. He was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut" rel="nofollow">Greenwich, Connecticut</a>. He originally competed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_dance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_dance" rel="nofollow">ice dance</a>, winning the gold medal at the 1945 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Figure_Skating_Championships" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Figure_Skating_Championships" rel="nofollow">United States Figure Skating Championships</a> with partner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kathe_Mehl_Williams&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kathe_Mehl_Williams&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Kathe Mehl Williams</a>. He later switched to pairs skating and teamed up with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Sherman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Sherman" rel="nofollow">Yvonne Sherman</a>. The duo won the 1947 U.S. title, placed fourth at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympic_Games" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympic_Games" rel="nofollow">1948 Winter Olympic Games</a>, and finished fifth at that year's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Figure_Skating_Championship" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Figure_Skating_Championship" rel="nofollow">World Figure Skating Championship</a>. He later paired with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Tyson&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Tyson&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Agnes Tyson</a> and won the bronze medal at the 1955 U.S. Championships.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sabre123, post: 4383224, member: 8258"][B][B]Yvonne C. Sherman[/B][/B] (May 3, 1930 – February 2, 2005 in Colorado Springs, CO) was an American Figure skater. She won the gold medal at the [URL='https://figureskating.fandom.com/wiki/U.S._Figure_Skating_Championships']U.S. Figure Skating Championships[/URL] twice in ladies' Single skating and once in Pair skating with partner Robert Swenning. Sherman competed in both disciplines in the 1948 Winter Olympics. [B][B] Robert Joseph "Bob" Swenning[/B] [/B](July 25, 1924 – November 8, 2012) was an American [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_skater']figure skater[/URL]. He was born in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich,_Connecticut']Greenwich, Connecticut[/URL]. He originally competed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_dance']ice dance[/URL], winning the gold medal at the 1945 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Figure_Skating_Championships']United States Figure Skating Championships[/URL] with partner [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kathe_Mehl_Williams&action=edit&redlink=1']Kathe Mehl Williams[/URL]. He later switched to pairs skating and teamed up with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Sherman']Yvonne Sherman[/URL]. The duo won the 1947 U.S. title, placed fourth at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympic_Games']1948 Winter Olympic Games[/URL], and finished fifth at that year's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Figure_Skating_Championship']World Figure Skating Championship[/URL]. He later paired with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agnes_Tyson&action=edit&redlink=1']Agnes Tyson[/URL] and won the bronze medal at the 1955 U.S. Championships.[/QUOTE]
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