Max Bloesch (also ''Blösch''; 27 June 1908 – 9 August 1997) 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 ...

field handball player who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was part of the Swiss field handball team, which won the bronze medal. He played one match. Later in life, he was a conservationist who helped the population of

stork Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family called Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons an ...

s in Switzerland rebound. For his work as "Father Stork" he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern.

External links

Max Blösch's profile at databaseOlympics
1908 births 1997 deaths Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic handball players of Switzerland Swiss male handball players Olympic medalists in handball Swiss conservationists Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub