1993 in Switzerland

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See also:	History of Switzerland Timeline of Swiss history List of years in Switzerland

Events in the year 1993 in Switzerland .

Incumbents

• Federal Council: ^[1]
  • Otto Stich
  • Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
  • Kaspar Villiger
  • Arnold Koller
  • Flavio Cotti
  • René Felber then Ruth Dreifuss
  • Adolf Ogi (President) ^[2]

Events

• 28 March–4 April – The 1993 World Men's Curling Championship and 1993 World Women's Curling Championship take place in Geneva. ^[3]
• 18 August – The 14th-century Kapellbrücke covered wooden truss bridge in Lucerne is largely destroyed by fire. ^[4]
• 6–11 December – The 1993 European Curling Championships take place in Leukerbad. ^[5]
• Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Births

• 5 January – Jolanda Neff, cyclist ^[6]
• 16 February – Christophe Guedes, association footballer ^[7]
• 2 March – Dany da Silva, association footballer ^[8]
• 22 March – Andrea Ellenberger, alpine skier ^[9]
• 12 May – Wendy Holdener, alpine skier ^[10]
• 19 May – Sarah Forster, ice hockey player ^[11]
• 23 May – Eseosa Aigbogun, association footballer ^[12]
• 7 June – Gaëtan Karlen, association footballer ^[13]
• 10 July – Marco Bürki, association footballer ^[14]
• 13 July – Linda Indergand, cyclist ^[15]
• 20 July – Debrah Scarlett, Norwegian-Swiss singer and songwriter ^[16]
• 16 September – Jasmine Flury, alpine skier ^[17]
• 29 November – Giulian Pedone, motorcycle racer ^[18]
• 5 December – Michelle Gisin, alpine slier ^[19]
• Olivier Jäckle, association footballer ^[20]

Deaths

• 20 January – Audrey Hepburn, British actress (born 1929 in Belgium) ^[21]
• 8 February – Franz Schnyder, film director and screenwriter (born 1910) ^[22]
• 13 March – Jean Tamini, association footballer (born 1919) ^[23]

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