Silvio Nido

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Silvio Nido (* 1905 in Gossau SG ; † August 25, 1974 in Zurich ) was a Swiss athlete who was successful as a hammer thrower .

Life

Nido was a member of the LC Zurich . He was Swiss champion in hammer throwing in 1936, 1938, 1939 and 1943. At the European Athletics Championships in Paris in 1938 , he was sixth. On May 4, 1939, he set a Swiss record in Zurich of 50.265 m that lasted for twelve years.

Nido, who was also active in the sports of swimming, water polo and ice hockey and worked as a youth coach at FC Zurich , was a committed sports sponsor. After no Zurich athlete was able to qualify for the sports finals of the Swiss Athletics Championships in 1950 , he initiated a commission at LC Zurich, which in 1951 organized the “ De schnällscht Zürihegel ” (Zürihegellauf) school sprint competition for the first time , which is still held today .

For his services, he was named “Sports Sponsor of the Year” at the “Swiss Sports Awards” in 1971 and was honored as a “Sports Pioneer” in 1972 by the Association of Swiss Sports Journalists (VSSJ). He was also an honorary member of the Swiss Athletics Association (SLV).

Silvio Nido died of a heart attack on the way to work. Most recently, he ran a kiosk at Central near Zurich's train station .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nido, Silvio. In: Zürcher Taschenbuch. Edited by the Antiquarian Society in Zurich and the Society of Zürcherischer Geschichtsfreunde, Beer, 1975, p. 161.
  2. ↑ a b c Une figure du sport suisse n'est plus. Silvio Nido est décédé. In: Nouvelliste et Feuille d'Avis du Valais . Volume 7, number 197, August 27, 1974, p. 11.
  3. ↑ Hammer. In: Eternal leaderboard men. LC Zurich, p. 19 (PDF; 626; nbsp: kB).
  4. ↑ Urs Kilchenmann: Schoolchildren are racing. In: Migros magazine . No. 19, May 5, 2014, p. 90 ( available online ).
  5. ↑ Tina Fassbind: "De schnällscht Zürihegel": Run for the race. In: Tages-Anzeiger . May 22, 2018.
  6. ↑ The history of the Zürihegel run. Website of the Zürihegel Run.
  7. ↑ Sport Awards: Statistics: All sport sponsors of the year. In: SRF .
  8. ↑ Meta Antenen a touché sa récompense. In: L'Impartial . February 21, 1972, p. 17 (PDF; 55.26 MB).
  9. ↑ Honors and Mutations. In: Swiss gymnastics and athletics. Anthology 118 (1975), p. 107.
personal data
SURNAME Nido, Silvio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss hammer thrower
DATE OF BIRTH 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Gossau SG
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1974
Place of death Zurich main station