Albert Giger (7 October 1946 – 4 September 2021Albert Giger, l'un des héros de Sapporo 1972, est décédé
) was a Swiss cross country skier who competed in the early 1970s. He won a bronze in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay at the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...

. He was also a five-times winner of the Engadin Skimarathon.

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Max Bardone Fan Club on the 1972 4 x 10km bronze (Switzerland)
1946 births 2021 deaths Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Swiss male cross-country skiers Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic cross-country skiers of Switzerland People from Imboden District Sportspeople from Graubünden 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub