Lucian Büeler (28 March 1910 – 6 February 1952) was a

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and

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. He was the 1935-1937 Swiss national champion. He represented

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where he placed 17th. As a civil engineer, he worked in

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from 1939 to 1947 and constructed

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's first artificial

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Competitive highlights

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List of Historical Swiss Champions
Swiss male single skaters Olympic figure skaters for Switzerland Figure skaters at the 1936 Winter Olympics Swiss civil engineers 1910 births 1952 deaths Figure skaters from Zürich {{Swiss-figure-skating-bio-stub