Olympic Winter Games 1936 / participant (Switzerland)

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The Switzerland took part in the IV. Olympic Winter Games in 1936 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a delegation of 34 athletes participate. They competed in 7 sports and were able to win one gold and two silver medals. Switzerland thus achieved 5th place in the medal table.

The most successful participant in Switzerland was Joseph Beerli who won a gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh and a silver medal in the two-man bobsleigh.

Participants by sport

Bobsleigh (8)

4-man bobsleigh I.

• Reto Capadrutt
• Hans Aichele
• Fritz after work
• Hans Bütikofer

4-man bobsleigh II

• Pierre Musy
• Arnold Gartmann
• Charles Bouvier
• Joseph Beerli

Two-man bobsleigh I (7th place)

• Reto Capadrutt
• Charles Bouvier

2-man bobsleigh II

• Fritz after work
• Joseph Beerli

Ice Hockey (12)

Men (13th place)

• Albert Künzler
• Arnold Hirtz
• Oskar Schmidt
• Ernst Hug
• Adolf Martignoni
• Hans Cattini
• Richard Torriani
• Ferdinand Cattini
• Herbert Kessler
• Otto Heller
• Charles Kessler
• Thomas Pleisch

Figure skating (3)

Women

• Angela Anderes (13th place)
• Hertha Frey-Dexler (19th place)

Men

• Lucian Büeler (17th place)

Cross-country skiing (4)

18 km

• August Sonderegger (26th place)
• Willy Bernath (31st place)
• Adolf Freiburghaus (40th place)
• Eduard Müller (51st place)

Nordic Combined (3)

Men

• Oswald Julen (21st place)
• Willy Bernath (22nd place)
• Ernst Berger (30th place)

Alpine skiing (3)

Women

• Marcelle Bühler
• Anny Rüegg (fell during training, did not take part in any competitions)
• Erna Steuri

Ski jumping (3)

Men

• Richard Bühler (19th place)
• Marcel Reymond (28th place)
• Reto Badrutt (34th place)

Web links

• Swiss Olympic team 1936 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )