Ruedi Hunsperger

Rudolf "Ruedi" Hunsperger (born June 6, 1946 in Habstetten, Bolligen municipality ; † August 18, 2018 in Zollikofen ) was a Swiss wrestler .

After Hans Stucki from Bern, Hunsperger was the second wrestler to win wrestling three times . He won in Frauenfeld in 1966 , in Biel in 1969 and in Schwyz in 1974 . "Rüedu" was very popular as a wrestler. He was also a big favorite in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1972 , but did not take part because of the death of his father. In 1974 he did the trick at the Brünigschwinget, winning the festival with a maximum number of 60.00 points. Until then, no other wrestler had achieved this.

successes

1. Wrestling King : 1966, 1969, 1974
2. Unspunnen : 1968
3. Canton of Bern: 1965, 1970
4. Central Switzerland: 1970
5. Brünig : 1964, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1974
6. Rigi: 1967
7. Schwarzsee: 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974
8. Stoos: 1969
9. Bern-Jurassic: 1968
10. Emmental: 1966, 1973
11. Mittelländisches: 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974
12. Oberaargauisches: 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974
13. Zealand: 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974
14. Basel city: 1972
15. Vaudois: 1968

Web links

• Wrestling kings since the Swiss Wrestling Federation was founded. Swiss Wrestling Association (PDF; 73 kB).
• With Hunsperger Rüedu, life made a "pantyhose". In: Radio SRF 1 , People and Horizons. July 27, 2014 (audio; 56:20 min).
• Monica Schneider: He was the wrestler of the people. In: Sunday newspaper . August 18, 2018 (obituary).
• Klaus Zaugg: Rudolf Hunsperger - triumph and tragedy of a federal king. Watson . August 18, 2018 (obituary).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hosenlupf ( Memento from August 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (reading sample, p. 98). Applaus Verlag (PDF; 4 kB), accessed on August 27, 2018.
2. ↑ Marcel W. Perren: Schwing legend Ruedi Hunsperger († 72) is dead! In: Blick.ch . 18th August 2018.