Daniel Giger

Daniel Giger medal table
fencing
Switzerland
Olympic games
silver	Munich 1972	Epee team
bronze	Montreal 1976	Epee team
World championships
bronze	Ankara 1970	Epee team
silver	Buenos Aires 1977	Epee team
bronze	Melbourne 1979	Epee team
silver	Clermont-Ferrand 1981	Epee team
silver	Rome 1982	Epee team
silver	Vienna 1983	Sword

Daniel Giger (born October 13, 1949 in Bern ) is a former Swiss sword fencer .

Career

Daniel Giger was vice world champion with the team in 1983 in Vienna in the singles and 1977 in Buenos Aires , 1981 in Clermont-Ferrand and 1982 in Rome . In 1970 in Ankara and 1979 in Melbourne he also won bronze with her. He took part in the Olympic Games three times . In 1972 he reached the final with the Swiss team in Munich , where Hungary prevailed 8: 4. Together with Guy Evéquoz , François Suchanecki , Peter Lötscher and Christian Kauter , he received the silver medal. In the singles he was eliminated in the semi-finals. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , where he was the flag bearer of the Swiss team at the closing ceremony , he won another medal with bronze in the team competition. The team included Giger, Jean-Blaise Evéquoz , François Suchanecki, Christian Kauter and Michel Poffet . In the individual competition, he finished 25th. In 1984 he was in Los Angeles with the team ninth and twelfth in the individual.

Web links

• Daniel Giger in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )