Valda Osborn

Valda Rosemary Foggin (née Osborn; 17 September 1934 – 28 December 2022) was a British figure skater.

[citation needed] At 9½ years she passed the NSA gold medal at Richmond Ice Rink on 6 June 1944 (D-Day).

Osborn remains the last British skater to win the European title in ladies' singles.

[citation needed] Osborn then turned to coaching ice skaters in Manchester, Whitley Bay, Brighton and finally in Richmond.

[citation needed] After turning professional in 1953, Osborn resided in Brighton, Whitley Bay, Manchester and Feltham.

She spent thirteen years in Northern Cyprus and then settled in Rustington, West Sussex, on the English south coast.