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Switzerland At The 1952 Winter Olympics
Switzerland competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Medalists Alpine skiing ;Men ;Women Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing ;Men ;Men's 4 × 10 km relay Figure skating ;Men ;Women ;Pairs Ice hockey The tournament was run in a round-robin format with nine teams participating. *Switzerland 12-0 Finland *Switzerland 6-3 Poland *Norway 2-7 Switzerland *USA 8-2 Switzerland *Canada 11-2 Switzerland *Czechoslovakia 8-3 Switzerland *Sweden 5-2 Switzerland *Switzerland 6-3 Germany FR Nordic combined Events: * 18 km cross-country skiing * normal hill ski jumping The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event, meaning that athletes competing here were skiing for two disciplines at the same time. Details can be found above in this article, in the cross-country skiing section. The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Olympic Association
Swiss Olympic (also known as german: Schweizerischer Olympischer Verband, french: Association Olympique Suisse, it, Associazione Olimpica Svizzera, rm, Assiociaziun Olimpica Svizra) is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisation for organised Swiss sport under private law. It has 104 members (81 national sports federations and 23 partner organisations), to which some two million people belong, practising sports in about 19,000 clubs. Swiss Olympic has its headquarters in the House of Sports in Ittigen near Bern. Swiss Olympic represents Olympic as well as non-Olympic sports and is a non-profit organisation. The big sports federations are divided into regional and cantonal associations. Former National Council member Jürg Stahl has been President since 2017. Roger Schnegg has been Director since January 2012. History Since 1 January 1997, the Olympic movement of Switzerland has been backed by the Swiss Olympic Association (Swiss Olympic - known as Schweizeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Ausoni
Olivia Ausoni (20 April 1923 – 15 May 2010) was a Swiss alpine skier. She competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics and the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 .... References External links * 1923 births 2010 deaths Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from the canton of Vaud 20th-century Swiss women {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfons Supersaxo
Alfons Supersaxo (28 March 1926 – 1 May 2005) was a Swiss Nordic skier who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He died in Saas-Fee. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, he finished tenth in the Nordic combined event and 26th in the 18 km cross-country skiing event. Supersaxo also competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ..., finishing 34th in the 18 km event. External linksOlympic cross country skiing 18 km results: 1948-52 1926 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Kronig
Alfred Kronig (8 November 1928 – 28 April 2020) was a Swiss cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 30th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. He also competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References External links18 km Olympic cross country results: 1948-52 1928 births 2020 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Lötscher
Walter Lötscher (11 August 1923 – 5 May 2013) was a Swiss cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 35th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of .... External links18 km Olympic cross country results: 1948-52* * Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Swiss male cross-country skiers 1923 births 2013 deaths Place of birth missing 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Schnyder
Josef Schnyder (January 12, 1923 – March 2, 2017) was a Swiss cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ..., he finished 37th in the 18 km event and 20th in the 50 km event. References18 km Olympic cross country results: 1948-52 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Bricker
Karl Briker (21 December 1923 – 30 August 1992) was a Swiss cross-country skier who competed in the 1940s and in the 1950s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics he finished 41st in the 18 km competition. Four years later he finished 46th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of .... External links18 km Olympic cross country results: 1948-52* Swiss military patrol (sport) runners Olympic cross-country skiers for Switzerland Cross-country skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Swiss male cross-country skiers 1923 births 1992 deaths {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Kapus
Franz Kapus (April 12, 1909 in Zurich – March 4, 1981 in Zurich) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the four-man event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956. Kapus also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 1955) and three bronzes (Two-man: 1955, Four-man: 1950, 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...). References Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964* Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-Man". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560-1. 1909 births 1981 deaths Swiss male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1948 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1952 Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Stöckli
Fritz Karl Stöckli (15 May 1916 – December 1968) was a Swiss bobsledder and freestyle wrestler. As a wrestler he won silver medal in the light-heavyweight division at the 1946 European Championships and 1948 Summer Olympics; in 1946 he lost in the final to Bengt Fahlkvist, but avenged the loss in 1948. As a bobsledder Stöckli finished fourth in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Next year he won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A week later in the four-man event, Stöckli would escape with minor injuries by landing on top of an American jeep after being thrown from the sled that took the life of his fellow Swiss Felix Endrich. Stöckli retired soon after that accident. References External linksBobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Filippini
André Filippini (13 September 1924 – 19 November 2013) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Filippini was also a businessman and was at the center of the ''Savro Affair'', a financial and political scandal in the late 1970s. He was president of FC Sion Football Club de Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss football team from the city of Sion. The club was founded in 1909, and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have won the Swiss Super League twice, and ... from 1971 to 1977. References 1924 births 2013 deaths Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Swiss male bobsledders Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Swiss businesspeople FC Sion Swiss football chairmen and investors 20th-century Swiss people {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Madörin
Albert Madörin (March 17, 1905 – June 1960) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Madörin also won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1950 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp .... References Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 1905 births 1960 deaths Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Swiss male bobsledders Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Spring
Werner Spring (27 March 1917 – 1959) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships with one in the two-man event (1951) and the other in the four-man event (1949). Spring also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in both the two-man and four man events at Oslo in 1952. Spring died in Zug , neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri , twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina) Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ..., Switzerland, in 1959. ReferencesBobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931 *Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560-1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |