Anton Bühler

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Anton "Töni" Bühler (born June 15, 1922 in Winterthur ; † March 29, 2013 in St. Gallen ) was a Swiss equestrian.

Life

Anton Bühler was born as the second of five children to Hans Bühler , a 1924 Olympian in show jumping and eventing. His father was also his first riding trainer. From 1942 to 1945 Anton Bühler served in the Swiss cavalry and had the opportunity to ride jumping and horse racing here. Bühler studied agricultural engineering in Zurich and Cambridge.

Bühler took part in three Olympic Games as an active eventing rider . After missing the medal ranks in 1948, he won Olympic medals in individual and team competitions with Gay Spark in 1960 . At the European Championships five years earlier, Switzerland was only one of two nations to finish the ranking - Bühler won the silver medal with the Swiss team. In 1972, Anton Bühler took part in the Olympic Games for the last time as a rider and ended his active international sports career after the Games.

He then worked as a judge and course builder for versatility tests. For the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, he was selected as the course designer for the cross-country course. Due to the Olympic boycott of many Western countries, the starting field was severely weakened. After Bühler had seen the training of riders with little international experience on site, he gave up his position because he feared for the lives of people and horses.

At the national level, Bühler climbed into the saddle well into old age, and held over-fifty military competitions with other riders. For a long time he took part in jumping trainings with Paul Weier in Elgg .

Anton Bühler died after three years of serious illness in a home in St. Gallen.

Important successes

  • Olympic Summer Games:
    • 1948, London : with Amour Amour 4th place with the team and 19th place in the individual ranking
    • 1960, Rome : with Gay Spark 2nd place with the team and 3rd place in the individual ranking
    • 1972, Munich : with Wukari 6th place with the team and 15th place in the individual ranking

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military legend Anton Bühler died on the website of the Swiss Eventing Club
  2. ↑ In Memoriam: Anton Bühler (SUI), 1922-2013 , FEI press release
  3. ^ A b Anton Bühler - the most successful Swiss military rider has died , Dieter Ludwig, April 1, 2013
  4. ^ On the passing of Anton Bühler - memories of Ali Schwarzenbach on the website of the Swiss Eventing Club
personal data
SURNAME Bühler, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bühler, Töni (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss equestrian
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 2013
Place of death St. Gallen