Charles Bouvier
Swiss footballer and bobsledder (1898-1964)
Charles Bouvier (24 August 1898 – October 1964) was a Swiss footballer and bobsledder. He won gold in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics.[1]
Bouvier began his career in football as a full-back, playing for Swiss club Servette FC. Bouvier also appeared for the Switzerland national team, earning five caps.[2]
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Bouvier was a member of the Switzerland squad in football which won the silver medal, finishing as runners-up to Uruguay.[3][4] However, he did not appear during the tournament.[2]
Bobsleigh career
Bouvier won a gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and finished seventh in the two-man event at those same games.
He also won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1935 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.
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- 1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI)
- 1928: Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA)
- 1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA)
- 1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI)
- 1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA)
- 1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER)
- 1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI)
- 1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN)
- 1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA)
- 1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI)
- 1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR)
- 1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR)
- 1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR)
- 1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI)
- 1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT)
- 1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER)
- 1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER)
- 2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER)
- 2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER)
- 2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA)
- 2014: Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT)
- 2018: Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER)
- 2022: Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)
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