About Yvonne Tobis
Born 1948. Yvonne Tobis is an Israeli swimmer.
Yvonne Tobis (; born February 5, 1948) is an Israeli former Olympic swimmer.
Early life Tobis was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, and is Jewish. She attended Millfield in Street, Somerset, England, from 1963 to 1966, and is in its Hall of Fame.
Swimming career At the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel, at 17 years of age, Tobis won a gold medal in the 400 m individual medley.
Tobis won a silver medal representing Israel at the 1966 Asian Games in the 200 metre medley, and a bronze medal in 100 metre freestyle.
When she competed in the Olympics she was tall, and weighed .
Tobis competed for Israel at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 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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Who is Yvonne Tobis?
Israeli swimmer
When was Yvonne Tobis born?
Yvonne Tobis was born on 5 February 1948 in Bratislava.
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Yvonne Tobis is a swimmer.
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Yvonne Tobis is Israeli.
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