Silvia Felix at the podium, Bern 1968

Code: WSI_0210
Title: Silvia Felix at the podium, Bern 1968
Description: A colour photograph of Silvia Felix of Switzerland shaking hands with fellow winners at the podium after receiving the gold medal for Cabinetmaking at the 1968 competition in Bern.
Felix who was 19-years-old at the time blazed a trail for women in skills having won first place in a category that was hitherto the preserve of men. On the podium is the silver medal winner, J.C.J. Michels of the Netherlands and the bronze medallist Iwahana Yukinobu, of Japan.
Bern 1968 was only the second event to feature female competitors - women began competing at the international contests the previous year in Madrid.
Date: 1968 See all items with this value
Class: Posed See all items with this value
Item name: Photograph See all items with this value
Condition: Good
Source-name: Swiss Skills
Source-country: CH-Switzerland
Received date (year): 2020
Location: Attatchment
Skill-name: Cabinetmaking See all items with this value
Skill-number: 22
Event-type: Competition event
Event-range: Worldwide
Event-city: Bern
Event-country: CH-Switzerland See all items with this value
Format: Digital
Dimensions-height (cm): 22.49
Dimensions-width (cm): 17.22
Dimensions-height (px): 2656
Dimensions-width (px): 2034
Resolution (dpi): 300
Size (MB): 15.5
File: jpg
Units: 1
Included in: WorldSkills Museum: reproduction See all items with this value