 He also coached the British skaters John Curry, 1976 Olympic and world champion, and Valda Osborn, British champion in 1952 and 1953 and European champion in 1953.Other European top skaters he coached included Ladislav Čáp, Helmut Seibt, Michael Booker, Daphne Walker, Hanna Eigel, Sjoukje Dijkstra, Patricia Dodd, and Joan Haanappel.Gerschwiler was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1997.