Yvonne Lacroix

Yvonne Margaine-Lacroix (November 9, 1892 – June 28, 1944) was a French figure skater of the early 20th-century.

In 1914 at the start of World War I the couple and their children moved to the safety of the United States, living in New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia.

[7] She was buried with her parents and grandmother in the family grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris on July 1, 1944.

[8] In 1907 she won the waltz competition at the Palais de Glace in Paris with her partner Charles Sabouret.

[10] On January 18, 1909, she was crowned French figure skating champion in a competition organised by the USFSA.

Yvonne Lacroix skating with Charles Sabouret (1907)
The Lacroix family grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
Yvonne Lacroix (left) in a speed skating race