Sepp Zellweger, born in Altstätten Spital , grew up in St. Margrethen with two siblings. He followed the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich on television . Animated by the successes of St. Margreth gymnast Peter Rohner (6th place horse jump), he joined the youth team of the STV St. Margrethen a short time later, in which Peter Rohner (Swiss champion 1971-1973) was also involved. Supported by the reigning Swiss champion, he was already Swiss youth champion at the age of 11. Sepp Zellweger soon switched to the Swiss Federal University of Sports in Magglingen . In 1981 the first prize for young talent was awarded by the Swiss sports aid organization Sepp Zellweger. His athletic career went well, and he was already surpassing his mentor. Sepp Zellweger developed into one of the most successful athletes in Swiss gymnastics and is now one of the legends of the Swiss sports world.
Zellweger was Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics at the University of Zurich (cand. Iur.) From 1986 to 1992 and Public Relations / Media at the SAWI in Biel / Zurich from 1995 to 1996. Between 2000 and 2001 he had a Marketing / Communications degree at the University of St. Gallen.
From 2001 he was a member of the management of Credit Suisse Group AG and from 2007 a member of the management of the client foundations of Credit Suisse Group AG Information according to the website of the Citizens' Forum Bergdietikon.
Zellweger is Chairman of the Technical Committee of the World University Sports Association FISU (Fédération International du Sport Universitaire), Brussels and an honorary member of the St. Gallen Gymnastics Association (SGTV). From 2009 he was a member of the Bergdietikon Finance Commission.
15th place all-around. This placement was the best result of a Swiss gymnast in an all- around world championship until 2005 ( Niki Böschenstein 13th place) ( Andreas Schweizer also achieved 15th place in Anaheim in 2003 ).
Appearances: In the Super 10 fight for Schweizer Sporthilfe showed his fighting spirit, where despite his body size of less than 1.60 meters, he did not have to hide even from competitors like the shot put world champion Werner Günthör (2.00 meters).
Trivia
The figure « Deltchev », who does gymnastics on the rings , is also called "Zellweger" in the Swiss gymnastics scene
During his active time, Sepp Zellweger has been called the “ Best Gymnast in the Western World ” several times
The “ legend ” Sepp Zellweger is still used today for “ David versus Goliath ” comparisons in Swiss sports reporting.
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