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Yvonne Margaine-Lacroix (November 9, 1892 – June 28, 1944) was a French
Paris Archives, accessed October 16, 2022 On December 18, 1920, in Paris she married Georges Max David. They divorced in 1932. By 1938 she was working as a seamstress in Paris. Yvonne Lacroix died on June 28, 1944, at her home, 37 rue Boissy-d'Anglas, in Paris. She was buried with her parents and grandmother in the family grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris on July 1, 1944.
On January 18, 1909, she was crowned French figure skating champion in a competition organised by the USFSA. She thus became the first woman to obtain this title among the ladies. This French championship was held in Chamonix, but the women's events were held in Paris, at the Palais de Glace, on January 18. There were only two competitors, Yvonne Lacroix winning the competition ahead of ''Gil Blas''
Gallica, January 18, 1909, accessed October 16, 2022
Yvonne Margaine-Lacroix (November 9, 1892 – June 28, 1944) was a French 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 ...
of the early 20th-century. In 1909 she became the first woman crowned champion of France in the French Figure Skating Championships.
Biography
Yvonne Lacroix was born at her parents' home in Paris in 1892. She was the daughter of Philippe Léonard Lacroix, a tailor, andJeanne Margaine-Lacroix
Jeanne Victorine Margaine-Lacroix (3 December 1868–15 August 1930) was a French couturier of the early 20th-century. The House Margaine-Lacroix is mainly known today for having revolutionized the world of fashion by creating the so-called Syl ...
, a famous couturier and the head of the Margaine-Lacroix fashion house.
On April 27, 1909, in Herblay-sur-Seine
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she married the Franco-American filmmaker and producer René Plaissetty (1889-1955). The couple had two children: Jacqueline (1909-1993) and Micheline Plaissetty (1911-1983).
In 1914 at the start of World War I the couple and their children moved to the safety of the United States, living in New Orleans, New York
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and Philadelphia. They returned to Paris in 1916 and divorced in October 1918.Wedding certificate of Yvonne Lacroix (1920)Paris Archives, accessed October 16, 2022 On December 18, 1920, in Paris she married Georges Max David. They divorced in 1932. By 1938 she was working as a seamstress in Paris. Yvonne Lacroix died on June 28, 1944, at her home, 37 rue Boissy-d'Anglas, in Paris. She was buried with her parents and grandmother in the family grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris on July 1, 1944.
Awards
In 1907 she won the waltz competition at thePalais de Glace
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in Paris with her partner Charles Sabouret. They beat the couple Madame Magnus and her husband Louis Magnus
Louis Magnus (25 May 1881 in Kingston, Jamaica – 1 November 1950) was a Jamaican-French competitive figure skater, representing France, and an ice hockey executive. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation ( ...
who was the French Men's Figure Skating Champion in singles from 1908 to 1911.
In 1907 and 1908 she was champion of the Club des Patineurs de Paris
Club des Patineurs de Paris was an ice hockey team in Paris, France. They played in the top-level of French ice hockey from 1906-1937.
History
The club was founded on February 20, 1896 as a figure skating association. The hockey section was creat ...
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On January 18, 1909, she was crowned French figure skating champion in a competition organised by the USFSA. She thus became the first woman to obtain this title among the ladies. This French championship was held in Chamonix, but the women's events were held in Paris, at the Palais de Glace, on January 18. There were only two competitors, Yvonne Lacroix winning the competition ahead of Anita Nahmias
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by 138 points to Nahmias' 130.Gallica, January 18, 1909, accessed October 16, 2022
References
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