Paralympic history of Switzerland

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The Paralympic movement of Switzerland is the Swiss Paralympic worn. It is the umbrella organization of all Swiss sports associations for Paralympic and non-Paralympic sports. Swiss Paralympic is subordinate to Swiss Olympic .

The most successful participants

Summer games Surname sport G S. B. total Heinz Frei athletics 14th 6th 6th 26th Franz Nietlispach 14th 6th 2 22nd Urs Kolly 7th 0 1 8th Hans Rosenast 6th 3 0 9 Elisabeth Bisquolm 6th 1 0 7th Luke Christians 5 3 0 8th Rainer Küschall 4th 10 6th 20th Zita Andrey 3 0 1 4th Martin Frey 3 0 0 3 Marcel Hug 2 4th 2 8th Edith Wolf 2 4th 2 8th Ursina Greuter 2 1 3 6th Michel Baudois 2 0 0 2 Elisabeth Mettler-kiener 2 0 0 2 Heinz Jakob 2 0 0 2 Verena Chiari 2 0 0 2 Rolf Zumkehr 1 3 2 6th Rene Kummer 1 3 0 4th Gilberte Brasey 1 2 3 6th Denis Favre 1 2 0 3 Edeltraud Russo 1 2 0 3 Rosa Zaugg 1 1 3 5 Beat Schwarzenbach 1 1 1 3 Ernst Michel 1 1 1 3 Elisabeth Osterwalder 1 1 1 3 Erich Buehler 1 1 0 2 Peter Mrose 1 1 0 2 Christiane Droux 1 0 1 2 Meinrad Cavigelli 1 0 1 2 Sandra Graf 1 0 2 3 Caroline Troxler-Kung 0 2 4th 6th Zita Karlen 0 2 1 3 Manuela Schaer 0 1 2 3 Daniela Jutzeler 0 1 3 4th Eva Burgundy 0 1 2 3 Arlette Piller 0 1 1 2 Pia Schmid 0 1 1 2 Marguerite Grosjean 0 1 1 2 Ursula treasure 0 1 1 2

Winter games Surname sport G S. B. total Rolf Heinzmann 12 2 0 14th Hans Burn Alpine skiing 6th 5 3 14th Heinz Moser 3 3 0 6th Elisabeth Osterwalder 3 1 0 4th Irene Moillen 3 0 0 3 Paul Fournier 2 4th 1 7th Ruedi Weber 2 2 2 6th Christoph Andres 2 1 0 3 Christoph Kunz 2 1 0 3 Peter Bartlome 2 0 1 3 Francoise Jacquerod 2 0 0 2 Theres Huser 1 4th 1 6th Jacques Blanc 1 4th 0 5 Walter Widmer 1 3 1 5 Felix Gisler 1 3 0 4th Heinz Frei 1 1 6th 8th Eugen Diethelm 1 1 2 4th Hans Joerg Arnold 1 1 1 3 Fritz Berger 1 1 1 3 Germain Oberli 1 0 1 2 Bernhard Furrer 0 3 0 3 Franco Belletti 0 2 2 4th Vreni Stoeckli 0 2 1 3 Monika Waelti 0 1 4th 5 Beatrice Berthet 0 0 2 2 Franciane Fischer 0 0 2 2 Karoline Pavlicek 0 0 2 2

Medals balance

With 221 medals won so far, Switzerland is in 24th place in the all-time medal table of the Paralympic Summer Games and with 153 in 8th place at the Paralympic Winter Games . The Swiss team returned from all participations with at least one Olympic medal. With three exceptions (1964 Tokyo, 1968 Tel Aviv and 2006 Turin) the Swiss team won at least one gold medal.

Summer games year place G S. B. total athlete 1960 Rome 1 3 0 4th 6th 1964 Tokyo 0 1 0 1 1 1968 Tel Aviv 0 2 6th 8th 34 1972 Heidelberg 3 2 4th 9 36 1976 Toronto 9 12 10 31 49 1980 Arnhem 9 10 10 29 65 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York 18th 13 12 43 43 1988 Seoul 12 12 11 35 41 1992 Barcelona 6th 16 13 35 41 1996 Atlanta 9 6th 6th 21st 45 2000 Sydney 8th 4th 8th 20th 54 2004 Athens 2 6th 8th 16 41 2008 Beijing 3 2 6th 11 26th 2012 London 3 6th 4th 13 25th 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2 2 1 5 24 total 73 86 87 221

Winter games year place G S. B. total athlete - - - 1976 Örnsköldsvik 10 1 1 12 15th 1980 Geilo 4th 2 3 9 27 1984 innsbruck 5 16 16 37 50 1988 innsbruck 8th 7th 8th 23 32 1992 Albertville 3 8th 4th 15th 19th 1994 Lillehammer 2 9 5 16 19th 1998 Nagano 10 5 8th 23 19th 2002 Salt Lake City 6th 4th 2 12 18th 2006 Turin 0 1 1 2 20th 2010 Vancouver 1 2 0 3 15th 2014 Sochi 1 0 0 1 8th 2018 Pyeongchang (2) (0) (0) (2) 13 total 50 55 48 153

Web links

• Swiss Paralympic Committee
• The Switzerland on Paralympic.org - Official website of the Paralympic movement (English)