Yvonne Sherman

Yvonne Sherman
Full name	Yvonne Claire Sherman Tutt
nation	United States
birthday	May 3, 1930
place of birth	New York City
date of death	February 2, 2005
Place of death	Colorado Springs
Career
discipline	Single run
society	Skating Club of New York
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
World figure skating championships silver Paris 1949 Ladies bronze London 1950 Ladies

Yvonne Claire Sherman Tutt (born May 3, 1930 in New York City , † February 2, 2005 in Colorado Springs ) was an American figure skater who started in single and pair skating .

In the individual run, Sherman was American champion in 1949 and 1950 and took part in three world championships from 1948 to 1950 , where she reached the podium twice. At the World Championships in Paris in 1949 she was runner-up behind Alena Vrzáňová . In 1950 in London she won bronze behind Vrzáňová and Jeannette Altwegg . At the Olympic Games in St. Moritz in 1948 , she took sixth place.

In pair skating, she competed with Robert Swenning . Together they were US champions in 1947. In their only joint World Cup, they finished fifth in 1948 in Davos . They finished the Olympic Games in 1948 in fourth place.

After the end of her amateur career, she became a judge. She married the ice sports organizer, official and later president of the International Ice Hockey Federation William Thayer Tutt , who made Colorado Springs the center of US figure skating and also helped bring some world championships to Colorado Springs.

Results

Single run

Competition / year	1947	1948	1949	1950
winter Olympics		6th
World championships		6th	2.	3.
American championships		2.	1.	1.

Pair skating

(with Robert Swenning )

Competition / year	1947	1948
winter Olympics		4th
World championships		5.
American championships	1.	2.

Web links

• Yvonne Sherman in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )