Yvonne de Ligne (née ''Geurts'', 18 May 1902 – 1952) was a Belgian figure skater. She competed in the ladies singles event at all major competitions from 1929 to 1936, including

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

, world and European championships. Her best achievements were sixth place at the

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

and

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hiro ...

world championships and 1932 Olympics, and fifth place at the 1933 European Championships. She was born Yvonne Geurts, and changed her last name after marrying speed skater Charles de Ligne. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

she fell in love with Dutch figure skater Jacob Hartog, who then lived in Antwerp. She arranged the murder of her husband, for which she was sentenced to death, which was later reduced to 20 years.La peine de mort pour Yvonne Geurts, ''Le Soir'', 31 maart 1946 Geurts was released from prison on health grounds in August 1951, due to her suffering from

tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, i ...

. She died from her illness shortly after.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ligne, Yvonne de 1902 births 1952 deaths Olympic figure skaters for Belgium Figure skaters at the 1932 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Brussels 20th-century Belgian criminals Mariticides Belgian female murderers Belgian people convicted of murder Belgian prisoners sentenced to death 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Belgium 1944 murders in Belgium People convicted of murder by Belgium Prisoners sentenced to death by Belgium Women sentenced to death