Christophe Bühler (born 2 January 1974) is a Swiss former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a single-time Olympian (2000), a ten-time member of the Swiss swimming team, and an 11-time national titleholder in the 50 m freestyle. Before his retirement in 2006, Buhler trained for the Langenthal Swimming Club under his personal coach Michel Tavcar. Buhler competed in the men's 50 m freestyle at the

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. He posted a

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B-standard entry time of 22.85 from the Swiss National Championships in

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. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat seven, including top favorites Jiang Chengji of China and Attila Zubor of Hungary. He edged out Croatia's Marijan Kanjer by a hundredth of a second (0.01) to earn a fifth spot in 23.15. Buhler failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-first overall in the preliminaries.

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Swiss Olympians Profile
1974 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Switzerland Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swiss male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Langenthal {{Switzerland-swimming-bio-stub