Elvira Barbey (7 August 1892 – 18 August 1971)Elvira Barbey's obituary
was a Swiss

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She competed at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

and finished 19th in singles and 11th in pairs, together with her husband Louis Barbey. She and Louis later won the French Figure Skating Championships in 1934 and 1936. Their daughter Gaby Clericetti also became a competitive figure skater.

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1892 births 1971 deaths Swiss female single skaters Swiss female pair skaters French female pair skaters Olympic figure skaters for Switzerland Figure skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics {{France-figure-skating-bio-stub