Werner Vetterli (28 July 1929 – 14 June 2008) was a Swiss

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

. He competed at the

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

and

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. In 1956, Vetterli began to work for

Schweizer Radio DRS Schweizer Radio: Radio der deutschen und rätoromanischen Schweiz (SR DRS; "Swiss Radio: Radio of the German and Romansh Switzerland") was a company of SRG SSR which operated the public German-language radio stations of Switzerland from 1931 un ...

, in 1965 for Swiss television as a reporter, presenter and producer. Between 1969 and 1976, he was the Swiss presenter of the TV series ''

Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst ''Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst'' ("Case number XY... unsolved") is a German interactive television programme first broadcast on 20 October 1967 on ZDF. Created by Eduard Zimmermann, it aims to combat and solve crimes. The programme is currently ...

''.

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* 1929 births 2008 deaths Swiss male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Switzerland Modern pentathletes at the 1952 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Stäfa Swiss television presenters Sports commentators Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich {{Switzerland-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub