Arnold Gerschwiler OBE (28 May 1914 – 22 August 2003) was a Swiss (later, British) figure skating coach.

[2] Gerschwiler competed in the British Open Ice-Skating Championships in 1935 and 1936[4] and joined the staff of the Richmond Ice Rink in 1937.

He coached the Czech skater Alena Vrzanova (Aja Zanova),[2] world champion in 1949 and 1950, as well as his own nephew Hans Gerschwiler,[2] the 1948 Olympic silver medallist.

Other European top skaters he coached included Michael Booker,[1] Ladislav Čáp, Sjoukje Dijkstra,[3] Patricia Dodd,[1] Hanna Eigel, Joan Haanappel, Helmut Seibt and Daphne Walker.

[2][3] He and his brother Jacques were inducted into the Professional Skaters Association's Coaches Hall of Fame in 2004.