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Born | Mellikon, Switzerland | 5 April 1929
Josef Schraner (born 5 April 1929) is a former Swiss cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1]
Kim Schraner is a Canadian actress, who starred in the children's spy TV series Spynet, shown in Canada on CBC Television.
Oscar Camenzind is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He became national road champion in 1997. In 1998 he won the World Road Championship and the Giro di Lombardia, in 2000 the Tour de Suisse and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2001. His career came to an abrupt end when he retired from pro cycling after a positive doping test in July 2004 for erythropoietin, leading into the Athens Olympics. After confessing to the use, in 2005 he was sued in Swiss court in order to name his supplier, which he refused to do fearing retribution.
Luxembourg competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 44 competitors, all men, took part in 32 events in 9 sports.
Austria competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 234 competitors, 217 men and 17 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports.
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 175 men and 15 women, took part in 102 events in 17 sports.
Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports.
Jörg Müller is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1994. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the Tour de Romandie in 1985. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1987.
Josef Hellensteiner was an Austrian road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Tyrol, Austria-Hungary and died in St. Johann in Tirol, Austria.
Josef Rieder was a German cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died during the Battle of Verdun in the First World War.
The following is a list of events, births, and deaths in 1929 in Switzerland.
Antonín Hönig was a Czech cyclist. In 1926, he was the Czechoslovak national champion, and he took part in the 1926 UCI Road World Championships. Two years later, he competed for Czechoslovakia in the individual and team road race events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Josef Steger was a German cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Josef Lošek was a Czech cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Josef Genschieder was an Austrian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War II.
Josef Moser was an Austrian cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War II.
Josef Pohnetal was an Austrian cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Josef Helbling was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Josef Volf is a former Czech cyclist. Volf was born in Brno and his profession was an officer. His sporting career began with Dukla Brno. He competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Armin Meier is a Swiss former cyclist. He was involved the Festina affair, and was part of the team that was disqualified from the 1998 Tour de France. Despite never testing positive for any drugs, he admitted to the use of EPO throughout his career. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1996 and 1999. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Christine Schraner Burgener is a Swiss diplomat who most recently served as the United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar during 28 April 2018 to October 2021. She previously served as an ambassador to Germany and Thailand.