Yvonne Tobis (; 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

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, England, from 1963 to 1966, and is in its Hall of Fame.

Swimming career

At the

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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 in the 200 metre medley, and a

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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

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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 Competitors at the 1965 Maccabiah Games Czechoslovak female swimmers Czechoslovak Jews Israeli female medley swimmers Israeli female butterfly swimmers Israeli female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Israel Swimmers from Bratislava Jewish swimmers Jewish Israeli sportspeople Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel Maccabiah 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 Asian Games silver medalists in swimming Asian Games bronze medalists in swimming