Georges Gautschi

Georges Gautschi
Full name	Georges Harold Roger Gautschi
nation	Switzerland
birthday	April 6, 1904
place of birth	Switzerland
date of death	February 12, 1985
Place of death	Zurich, Switzerland
Career
discipline	Single run
society	International Ice Skating Club Davos
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × EM medals 0 × 1 × 1 ×
winter Olympics bronze Chamonix 1924 Men's  World figure skating championships bronze New York City 1930 Men's  European figure skating championships bronze Davos 1926 Men's silver Davos 1929 Men's

Georges Harold Roger Gautschi (actually Georg Gautschi, born April 6, 1904 , † February 12, 1985 ) was a Swiss figure skater who started in a single run .

The three-time Swiss champion won the bronze medal at the European championship in 1926 and became vice-European champion in 1929 behind Karl Schäfer . It was the first medals for a Swiss figure skater at the European Championships . He also succeeded in doing this at world championships when he took the bronze medal behind Karl Schäfer and Roger Turner in 1930 . By winning bronze, he was also the first Olympic medalist for Switzerland in figure skating at his only Olympic Games in 1924 . Hans Gerschwiler and Stéphane Lambiel succeeded in doing this after him . In 1928 he married the Hungarian figure skater Edith Hecht (1905–1998). In Zurich he ran a major law firm and asset management firm. Georg Gautschi published articles on Swiss private law in the Berner Commentary .

Results

Competition / year	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931
winter Olympics			3.
World championships				6th		4th			3.
European championships	9.		7th	4th	3.			2.
Swiss championships					1.	1.				1.

Web links

• Georges Gautschi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )