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Full name | Micheline Lannoy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brussels, Belgium | 31 January 1925|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 March 2023 | (aged 98)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Micheline Lannoy (31 January 1925 – 18 March 2023) was a Belgian pair skater. With partner Pierre Baugniet, she was the 1948 Olympic champion, the 1947 and 1948 World Champion, and the 1947 European champion. Their win at the 1948 Olympics was the first, and up until the 2022 Winter Olympics only, Winter Olympic gold medal for Belgium. She was born in Brussels on 31 January 1925, and died on 18 March 2023, at the age of 98.[1]