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Switzerland At The 1968 Summer Olympics
Switzerland competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 85 competitors, 81 men and 4 women, took part in 68 events in 12 sports. Medalists Silver * Bernhard Dunand, Louis Noverraz and Marcel Stern — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class Bronze * Xaver Kurmann — Cycling, Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit * Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer and Marianne Gossweiler — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition * Peter Bolliger, Gottlieb Fröhlich, Jakob Grob, Denis Oswald and Hugo Waser — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours * Kurt Müller — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions Athletics Boxing Cycling Four cyclists represented Switzerland in 1968. ; Individual road race * Bruno Hubschmid ; Individual pursuit * Xaver Kurmann ; Team pursuit * Walter Richard * Jürgen Schneider * Bruno Hubschmid * Xaver Kurmann Equestrian Fencing Five fencers, all men, represented Switzerland in 1968. ; Men's épée * Peter Lötscher * Michel Steininger * ... [...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] |