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Switzerland competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in
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, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Swiss athletes have appeared in every edition of the
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in Melbourne as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Swiss team consisted of 104 athletes, 59 men and 45 women, across seventeen sports. Switzerland returned home from Rio de Janeiro with seven medals (three golds, two silver, and two bronze), which matched its overall tally from the
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in Atlanta and the
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in Beijing. Two of these medals were awarded to the Swiss team in cycling, with one each in artistic gymnastics, rowing, shooting, tennis, and triathlon. Among the nation's winners were professional road cyclist
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, who saved the best race of his storied career for last by reclaiming his men's time trial title for the second time (the first did so in
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), and mountain biker
Nino Schurter Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the ...
, who completed a full set of medals in his career hardware by striking the gold at his third attempt in the men's cross country race. Entering the Games as the reigning world and double European champions, the lightweight four crew of
Mario Gyr Mario Gyr (born 2 May 1985) is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's lightweight four with Lucas Tramèr, Simon Schürch and Simon Niepmann. The same team, coached by New Zealander Ian Wright, also won this event ...
, Simon Niepmann,
Simon Schürch Simon Schürch (born 2 December 1990) is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men's lightweight four, with the team being coached by New Zealander Ian Wright. He also competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at ...
, and Lucas Tramèr propelled their way ahead of their Danish and French rivals to take the country's first ever Olympic title in rowing after two decades. On the women's side, pistol shooter
Heidi Diethelm Gerber Heidi Diethelm Gerber (born 20 March 1969 in Münsterlingen) is a Swiss female sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol and the Women's 25 metre pistol. She finished in 35th in the 10 metre ...
, all-around gymnast
Giulia Steingruber Giulia Steingruber (born 24 March 1994) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World bronze medalist on vault. Additionally she is the 2015 European all-around champion, a four-time European vault champion (2013 ...
, and former world-number-one tennis player
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, along with her doubles partner
Timea Bacsinszky Timea Bacsinszky ( hu, Bacsinszky Tímea; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A for ...
, accomplished their historic feats as the first ever Swiss females to stand on the podium in their respective sporting disciplines. Meanwhile,
Nicola Spirig Hug Nicola Spirig Hug (born 7 February 1982) is a Swiss lawyer and former professional triathlete. She is the 2012 Olympic and six times European champion in women's triathlon. Career Nicola Spirig is a five times Olympian. She was Olympic champion ...
picked up a silver in the women's triathlon to become the first in Olympic history to collect more than a single medal, bowing out her title defense to the world-ranked American challenger
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Medalists

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Competitors

The
Swiss Olympic Association Swiss Olympic (also known as german: Schweizerischer Olympischer Verband, french: Association Olympique Suisse, it, Associazione Olimpica Svizzera, rm, Assiociaziun Olimpica Svizra) is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisati ...
selected a roster of 104 athletes, 59 men and 45 women, to compete across seventeen different sports at these Games; it was the nation's largest delegation ever sent to the Summer Olympics since
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, without any association to the traditional team-based sports. Moreover, the Swiss team featured the largest share of women in its Summer Olympic history, constituting about 43 percent of the total. Roughly three quarters of the nation's roster made their Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, with the remainder having attended at least a single edition. These Games also witnessed the Swiss male gymnasts compete for the first time in the team all-around tournament since
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. Athletics and cycling accounted for the largest number of competitors on the Swiss roster, with 16 entries each, respectively. Three of the nation's medalists from
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returned, with equestrian show jumper Steve Guerdat and triathlete
Nicola Spirig Hug Nicola Spirig Hug (born 7 February 1982) is a Swiss lawyer and former professional triathlete. She is the 2012 Olympic and six times European champion in women's triathlon. Career Nicola Spirig is a five times Olympian. She was Olympic champion ...
looking to defend their titles in Rio de Janeiro, and with mountain biker
Nino Schurter Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the ...
hoping to complete his collection of Olympic medals for gold at his third attempt. Professional road cyclist and 2008 time trial champion
Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began r ...
joined an exclusive club of Swiss athletes, along with Guerdat, Spirig Hug, and 2004 bronze medalist
Sven Riederer Sven Riederer (born 27 March 1981) is an athlete from Switzerland, who competes in triathlon. Riederer competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other simila ...
(men's triathlon), who earned four consecutive trips to the Games, aiming to close out his stellar sporting career with another golden finish in the same event. Other notable athletes on the Swiss team included the rowing quartet of
Mario Gyr Mario Gyr (born 2 May 1985) is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's lightweight four with Lucas Tramèr, Simon Schürch and Simon Niepmann. The same team, coached by New Zealander Ian Wright, also won this event ...
, Simon Niepmann,
Simon Schürch Simon Schürch (born 2 December 1990) is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men's lightweight four, with the team being coached by New Zealander Ian Wright. He also competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at ...
, and Lucas Tramèr, who entered the Games as the defending world and two-time European champions in the men's lightweight four; former single-handed sailor Nathalie Brugger and her Argentine-born partner Matías Bühler in the inaugural Nacra 17 catamaran; pole vaulter
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; European Games champion
Heidi Diethelm Gerber Heidi Diethelm Gerber (born 20 March 1969 in Münsterlingen) is a Swiss female sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol and the Women's 25 metre pistol. She finished in 35th in the 10 metre ...
in the women's pistol shooting; and former world-number-one tennis player
Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...
, who returned to the Olympic scene from her 20-year absence to compete alongside her partner
Timea Bacsinszky Timea Bacsinszky ( hu, Bacsinszky Tímea; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A for ...
in the women's doubles. Artistic gymnast and 2015 European all-around champion
Giulia Steingruber Giulia Steingruber (born 24 March 1994) is a retired Swiss artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World bronze medalist on vault. Additionally she is the 2015 European all-around champion, a four-time European vault champion (2013 ...
was selected by the association to carry the Swiss flag in the opening ceremony, the first by a female since
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and third overall in Summer Olympic history. New York-based golfer
Albane Valenzuela Albane Valenzuela (born 17 December 1997) is a Swiss professional golfer and a two-time Olympian. She was born in New York City to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss citizen at age 14. Amateur career Valenzuela took low ama ...
(aged 18) was Switzerland's youngest competitor of the Games, with lone dressage rider
Marcela Krinke-Susmelj Marcela Krinke-Susmelj (born 18 October 1965 in Vlašim, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech-born Swiss Olympics dressage rider. She participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she placed 24th in the Equestrian at the 2016 Sum ...
rounding out the lineup as the oldest member (aged 50). , width=78% align=left valign=top , The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:


Athletics

Swiss athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): On May 5, 2016, the
Swiss Olympic Association Swiss Olympic (also known as german: Schweizerischer Olympischer Verband, french: Association Olympique Suisse, it, Associazione Olimpica Svizzera, rm, Assiociaziun Olimpica Svizra) is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisati ...
had selected three marathon runners (Abraham, Kreienbühl, and Neuenschwander), who achieved the federation's entry standards, for the Olympics. Fourteen more athletes (one man and thirteen women) rounded out the Swiss track and field team for the Games at the end of the qualifying period on July 11, 2016. ;Track & road events ;Men ;Women ;Field events


Badminton

Switzerland has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian
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picked up one of the spare athlete berths from the doubles as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.


Canoeing


Slalom

Switzerland has qualified a pair of canoeists in the men's C-2 class by obtaining a top finish and an outright Olympic berth at the 2016 European Canoe Slalom Championships in
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. The slalom canoeists were named to the Swiss team on May 26, 2016.


Sprint

Switzerland has received a spare berth from the
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to send one canoeist competing in the men's K-1 1000 m, as a response to the "multiple positive" cases on doping that provoked a one-year suspension for Belarus and Romania. Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)


Cycling


Road

Swiss riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the
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(for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women). The road cycling team, led by two-time Olympic medalist
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, was officially named to the Swiss cycling roster for the Games on July 1, 2016.


Track

Following the completion of the
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, Swiss riders have accumulated spots in the men's team pursuit, as well as the men's omnium. The
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announced the track cycling squad for the Olympics on March 15, 2016. ;Pursuit ;Omnium


Mountain biking

Swiss mountain bikers qualified for three men's and two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's top finish for both men and women in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. The mountain biking team, highlighted by double Olympic medalist
Nino Schurter Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team. Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the ...
, was named to the Swiss roster on June 6, 2016.


BMX

Swiss riders qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's ninth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 31, 2016. BMX rider
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was selected to the Swiss team for the Olympics on June 10, 2016.


Equestrian

Switzerland has qualified a full squad in the team jumping competition after having achieved one of the three Olympic quota places available from the 2015 European Championships. Three more Swiss riders have formed a composite squad to compete in the Olympic team eventing by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top two finish from European combined ranking, and two top nine finishes from the combined overall FEI Olympic rankings.


Dressage

Marcela Krinke-Susmelj and her Danish Warmblood Molberg were named to the Swiss roster on June 10, 2016.


Eventing


Jumping

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Fencing

Swiss fencers have qualified a full squad each in the men's team épée by virtue of their top 4 national finish in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings. Meanwhile, London 2012 Olympian
Tiffany Géroudet Tiffany Géroudet (born 3 September 1986 in Sion, Valais) is a Swiss épée fencer, European champion in 2011. She is currently 9th in FIE rankings. Biography Géroudet was born in Sion, Switzerland, in a family of three children. She pract ...
had claimed the sole Olympic spot as the winner of the women's épée at the European Zonal Qualifier in
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. The fencing team was named to the Olympic roster on May 31, 2016.


Golf

Switzerland has entered two golfers into the Olympic tournament.
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(world no. 408) and
Albane Valenzuela Albane Valenzuela (born 17 December 1997) is a Swiss professional golfer and a two-time Olympian. She was born in New York City to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss citizen at age 14. Amateur career Valenzuela took low ama ...
(world no. 378) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for the women's event based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.


Gymnastics


Artistic

Switzerland has fielded a full squad of five artistic gymnasts (five men and one woman) into the Olympic competition. The men's team qualified through a top eight finish at the
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, making its first trip to the Games since
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. Meanwhile, an additional Olympic berth had been awarded to the Swiss female gymnast, who participated in the apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in
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. The artistic gymnastics squad was named to the Swiss roster for the Games on July 8, 2016. ;Men ;Team ;Individual finals ;Women


Judo

Switzerland has qualified three judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Ciril Grossklaus, Evelyne Schopp, and London 2012 Olympian
Ludovic Chammartin Ludovic Chammartin (born 31 January 1985) is a Swiss judoka who competes in the men's 60 kg category. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in the second round. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the third round by Diy ...
were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.


Rowing

Switzerland has qualified a total of four boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowers competing in men's lightweight double sculls, men's lightweight four, men's quadruple sculls, and women's single sculls had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in
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. The
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announced the first batch of rowers competing in the men's lightweight four and women's single sculls on April 22, 2016. The men's lightweight double sculls rowers (Schmid & Wiederkehr) were named to the Swiss team on May 13, 2016, while the men's quadruple sculls crew rounded out the team selection on June 24, 2016. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage


Sailing

Swiss sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas. They also picked up a spare Olympic berth freed by Africa as the next highest-ranked eligible crew in the women's 470 based on the results at the 2015 World Championships. The entire sailing squad was named to the Swiss team on May 9, 2016, with Nathalie Brugger (Nacra 17) and the men's 470 crew Yannick Brauchli and
Romuald Hausser Romuald Hausser (born 16 April 1988 in Geneva) is a Swiss sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. He represented Switzerland, along with his partner Yannick Brauchli, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training f ...
remarkably going to their third Olympics. 49er crew members Lucien Cujean and Sébastien Schneiter were added to Switzerland's sailing lineup for the Games on June 24, 2016, after the nation received a spare Olympic berth freed up by Canada from the
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. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race


Shooting

Swiss shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016. The
Swiss Olympic Association Swiss Olympic (also known as german: Schweizerischer Olympischer Verband, french: Association Olympique Suisse, it, Associazione Olimpica Svizzera, rm, Assiociaziun Olimpica Svizra) is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisati ...
announced the shooting team, highlighted by London 2012 Olympian and European Games pistol champion
Heidi Diethelm Gerber Heidi Diethelm Gerber (born 20 March 1969 in Münsterlingen) is a Swiss female sport shooter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 10 metre air pistol and the Women's 25 metre pistol. She finished in 35th in the 10 metre ...
, on June 2, 2016. With a double starter (owned by Nina Christen) securing quota places in two women's rifle events, the Swiss team decided to exchange one of them with the men's 50 m rifle three positions instead based on performances throughout the qualifying period. The slot was awarded to 2010 Youth Olympian Jan Lochbichler. Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)


Swimming

Swiss swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Jérémy Desplanches, Sasha Touretski, and London 2012 Olympian
Yannick Käser Yannick Käser (born 3 July 1992 in Rheinfelden, Aargau) is a Swiss swimmer, who specializes in breaststroke events. He is a 7-time Swiss swimming champion, a multiple-time age-group record holder, and a member of the swimming team for Virginia ...
were selected to the Swiss swimming team with a FINA Olympic A-cut on March 31, 2016. Käser's fellow Olympian Martina van Berkel, individual medley swimmer Maria Ugolkova, and Alexandre Haldemann, who was invited by FINA to compete in the men's 200 m freestyle as the fastest entrant outside of Olympic qualifying time, joined the roster on July 11, 2016. Butterfly stalwart
Danielle Villars Danielle Villars (born 6 March 1993) is a Swiss swimmer who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. She has won multiple Swiss titles and currently holds four national records in both freestyle and butterfly (100 and 200 m). Villars is a r ...
and relay swimmer Noémi Girardet rounded out the swimming lineup on July 15. ;Men ;Women


Synchronized swimming

Switzerland has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their eighth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in
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Tennis

Switzerland has entered two women tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Double Olympic medalist and four-time Olympian
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(world no. 2) and his doubles partner
Stan Wawrinka Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highlight ...
(world no. 5) qualified directly for the men's singles as two of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while
Timea Bacsinszky Timea Bacsinszky ( hu, Bacsinszky Tímea; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who won four singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. A for ...
(world no. 10) and
Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic ( sk, Belinda Benčičová, ; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won six singl ...
(world no. 8) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016. Having been directly entered to the singles, Bacsinszky also opted to compete in the women's doubles, along with her rookie partner
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(as the latter would be on her first Olympic appearance), while Bencic paired up with returning Olympian
Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...
from her 20-year absence in the same tournament by virtue of the latter's top-10 WTA ranking. On July 26, 2016, Federer withdrew from the Games due to his knee injury problems sustained from the
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, leaving Wawrinka as the lone male player. The following day, Bencic joined him as one of the tennis players to be pulled out from the Games, citing a wrist injury sustained from the
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. Therefore, Bacsinszky replaced Bencic in the women's doubles with Hingis, and her partnering with Golubic was undone. Wawrinka was the last player to withdraw from the Games due to a back injury, leaving Switzerland with only females in the tennis team for the first time.


Triathlon

Switzerland has qualified a total of four triathletes for the following events at the Olympics. London 2012 champion
Nicola Spirig Nicola Spirig Hug (born 7 February 1982) is a Swiss lawyer and former professional triathlete. She is the 2012 Olympic and six times European champion in women's triathlon. Career Nicola Spirig is a five times Olympian. She was Olympic champion ...
had her sights set to an Olympic title defense in the women's triathlon with a gold medal triumph at the
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. Meanwhile, three-time Olympian
Sven Riederer Sven Riederer (born 27 March 1981) is an athlete from Switzerland, who competes in triathlon. Riederer competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other simila ...
,
Andrea Salvisberg Andrea Salvisberg (born 1 February 1989 in Rüegsauschachen, Rüegsau) is a professional Swiss triathlete and a member of the National Team (Team Olympic Distance). Salvisberg is the Swiss Junior Champion of the years 2007 and 2008, and the Swiss ...
, and Jolanda Annen were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.


Volleyball


Beach

Two Swiss women's beach volleyball teams qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings as of June 13, 2016. These places were awarded to rookies Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Vergé-Dépré, as well as London 2012 Olympian
Nadine Zumkehr Nadine Zumkehr (born 5 February 1985) is a Swiss beach volleyball player. As of 2012, she played with Simone Kuhn. The pair participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament and were eliminated in the round of 16 by the American pair of Jen ...
and her rookie partner Joana Heidrich.


See also

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Switzerland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Switzerland competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Disability classifications Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories: amp ...


References


External links


Swiss Olympic Team – Rio 2016 Olympic Coverage
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