Wrestling in Switzerland
The ring Sport in Switzerland is traditional popular, said wings occupying a larger position and is in Switzerland national sport.
The international amateur wrestling federation FILA is based in Lausanne , where a world championship and a European championship have so far been held.
Swing
The swing is the Swiss variant of wrestling and is played on a circular competition area sprinkled with sawdust . The swing is more like international freestyle wrestling. The aim is to force the opponent onto his back with skillful swings (as in wrestling).
Swiss medal winner at the Olympic Games
The following list gives an overview of the Swiss who were able to win a medal at the Olympic Games .
Surname | medal | year | Style | Weight class | society | comment |
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Robert Roth | gold | 1920 | FS | over 82.5 kg | Wrestling King 1919 and 1921 | |
Charles Courant | silver | 1920 | FS | up to 82.5 kg | ||
bronze | 1924 | FS | up to 87 kg | |||
Henri Wernli | silver | 1924 | FS | over 87 kg | Wrestling King 1926 | |
Otto Mueller | bronze | 1924 | FS | up to 72 kg | also Schwinger | |
Fritz Hagmann | gold | 1924 | FS | up to 79 kg | also Schwinger | |
Hermann Gehri | gold | 1924 | FS | up to 72 kg | ||
Hans Minder | bronze | 1928 | FS | up to 61 kg | ||
Ernst Kyburz | gold | 1928 | FS | up to 79 kg | ||
Arnold Bögli | silver | 1928 | FS | up to 87 kg | ||
Fritz Stöckli | silver | 1948 | FS | up to 87 kg | ||
Adolf Muller | bronze | 1948 | FS | up to 62 kg | ||
Hermann Baumann | bronze | 1948 | FS | up to 67 kg | ||
Hugo Dietsche | bronze | 1984 | GR | up to 62 kg |
International tournaments in Switzerland
- 1977 World Wrestling Championships in freestyle, Lausanne
- World Wrestling Championships 1989 , Martigny
- European wrestling championships 1973 in freestyle, Lausanne
- European wrestling championships 1995 in freestyle, Freiburg im Üechtland
Swiss National League
The National League is run by Swiss Wrestling and is divided into two leagues, the National League A (NLA) and the National League B (NLB). In the National League A (NLA) since the 2010 season, 6 teams have been fighting for the Swiss championship title in team wrestling. The National League B is divided into two groups of 4 teams each. In the NLB, the allocation is made geographically (group west and group east). The championship consists of three phases:
- Preliminary round: Pre- and rematch (NLB within the respective group)
- Playoff / playout (NLA: first against fourth, second against third in the preliminary round, in a return match.
- NLB: pre- and rematch. First group A against the second in group B etc.).
- Final / relegation fights (mode: NLA final: best of three, NLA small final: round-trip and rematch, NLB: round-trip and rematch).
- The two last ranked teams of the NLA / NLB compete in two promotion / relegation battles against the NLB winner and runner-up or 1st league winner and runner-up.
The current Swiss champion of the NLA is the wrestling relay Kriessern. The Einsiedeln wrestling team is the reigning NLB champion.
Teams in the Swiss National League 2011:
NLA : Wrestling squad Kriessern (master), wrestling squad Hergiswil, wrestling squad Freiamt, wrestling club Willisau, wrestling squad Schattdorf, wrestling squad Brunnen
NLB : Ringerriege Einsiedeln, Ringerclub Oberriet-Grabs, Club Olympic Domdidier, Wrestler Relay Sense, Ringerriege Uzwil, Turnverein Ufhusen, Sportingclub Martigny, Ringerclub Belp (relegated)