Alex Walter Diggelmann (August 20, 1902 – November 21, 1987) was a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

graphic artist A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, p ...

and book designer best known for his sports posters. Diggelmann won three medals in the Olympic Games. He won a gold medal in 1936 for a poster entitled ''Arosa I Placard'', and a bronze one and a silver one in 1948 for two commercial posters, the "World Championship for Cycling Poster" and the "World Championship for Ice Hockey Poster". He also designed the trophy presented annually to the winners of the UEFA Cup. Diggelmann is only one of two artists who won three medals in art competition. (The other was the Danish writer

Josef Petersen Josef Petersen (16 September 1881 – 22 November 1973) was a Danish author, known for many novels with historical motifs, often ancient or medieval, written from 1910 to 1949. Josef Petersen was the son of a vicar and was a maternal grandson of ...

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1902 births 1987 deaths Swiss graphic designers Swiss poster artists Olympic gold medalists in art competitions Olympic silver medalists in art competitions Olympic bronze medalists in art competitions Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic competitors in art competitions {{illustrator-stub