Christian Bösiger (also spelled Boesiger, born 22 March 1984) is 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 ...

male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from Olten club. He competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in the men's singles event, and reach the second round. Bösiger is a 12-time national champion.

Career

Boesiger played the

2007 BWF World Championships The 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007. Host city selection Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candida ...

in men's singles, and was defeated in the first round by

Yousuke Nakanishi is a former badminton player from Japan. Career Nakanishi played the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's singles, and was defeated in the second round by Sony Dwi Kuncoro, of Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is ...

, of Japan, 21–16, 14–21, 21–18. At the

, he was defeated in the second round by Przemysław Wacha of Poland with the score 12–21, 21–11, 19–21.

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* * * Living people 1984 births People from Olten Swiss male badminton players Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Switzerland Sportspeople from the canton of Solothurn {{Switzerland-badminton-bio-stub