Yvonne Tobis (איבונה טוביס; born February 5, 1948) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.

Early life

Tobis was born in

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, and is Jewish. She attended Millfield in

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, England, from 1963-66, and is in its Hall of Fame.

Swimming career

At the

1965 Maccabiah Games The 7th Maccabiah Games in 1965 saw 1,500 athletes from 29 different countries compete in 21 sports. It was the first Maccabiah Games for Iran, Jamaica, Peru, and Venezuela. The United States delegation won the most gold medals, followed by Israel, ...

in Israel, at 17 years of age, Tobis won a gold medal in the 400 m individual medley. Tobis won a

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representing

Israel at the 1966 Asian Games Israel participated in the 1966 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 9 December to 20 December 1966. Israel had previously been unable to complete during the 1962 Asian Games when the host country Indonesia, refused to permit the participa ...

in the 200 metre medley, and a

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in 100 metre freestyle. When she competed in the Olympics she was 5-6.5 (170 cm) tall, and weighed 152 lbs (69 kg). Tobis competed for

Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 29 competitors, 26 men and 3 women, took part in 20 events in 4 sports. Results by event Athletics Football Preliminary round - Group C During the Group C competition, ...

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, Mexico, at the age of 20 in swimming. In the Women's 100 metre Butterfly she finished 3rd in Heat 3 in a time of 1:12.0, in the Women's 200 metre Individual Medley she finished 4th in heat 1 in a time of 2:41.0, and in the Women's 400 metre Individual Medley she finished 6th in heat 4 in a time of 5:53.8.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tobis, Yvonne 1948 births Living people Israeli female swimmers Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Israel Sportspeople from Bratislava Czech female swimmers Czechoslovak Jews Israeli Jews Jewish swimmers Jewish Israeli sportspeople Competitors at the 1965 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Maccabiah Games medalists in swimming Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games silver medalists for Israel Asian Games bronze medalists for Israel Swimmers at the 1966 Asian Games Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games People educated at Millfield