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Louis Gilliéron (November 18, 1909 – ?) is a Swiss field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In 1936 he was a member of the Swiss team which was eliminated in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. He played all three matches as halfback or forward.
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The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad and commonly known as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Olympics over Barcelona at the 29th IOC Session on 26 April 1931. The 1936 Games marked the second and most recent time that the International Olympic Committee gathered to vote in a city that was also presenting a hosting bid, a practice that would later be banned.
The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948, were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936.
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Sigmund Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper. Together with his brothers Birger and Asbjørn, he dominated ski jumping in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Switzerland competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 190 competitors, 184 men and 6 women, took part in 100 events in 21 sports.
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1936 consisted of a total of four sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 29 August 1936 to 8 September 1936 at the Firth of Kiel.
Pierre Musy was a Swiss bobsledder and horse rider. Competing in the four-man bobsled event he won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics and a silver at the FIBT World Championships 1935. As an equestrian he competed in the three-day eventing at the 1948 Summer Olympics and finished 32nd individually and fourth with the Swiss team.
Charles Bouvier was a Swiss footballer and bobsledder. He won gold in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Robert Gaston Moch was an American rower who won Olympic gold at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Roger Roland Verey was a Polish rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Georges Miez was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the 1924, 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a total of four gold, three silver and one bronze medals. Miez was the most successful athlete of the 1928 Games, whereas in 1932 he was the only medalist for Switzerland. Miez also won three medals at the 1934 World Championships.
Eugen Mack was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a total of two Olympic gold medals, four silver medals and two bronze medals.
Željko Perušić was a Croatian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Michael Reusch was a Swiss gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he received silver medals in parallel bars and team combined exercises. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London he received a gold medal in parallel bars, and silver medals in rings and team combined exercises.
Hilda Pintér is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1950s. She won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon. She was born on September 14, 1933, in Budapest, Hungary. She left Hungary in 1956. She married in Basel, Switzerland in 1957 Franz Salamon, Dr.-Ing. (Franz A. Salamon, Ph.D., Dr.-Ing., Biography: born on February 8, 1932, in Budapest, Hungary. Father Austrian, mother Hungarian. Deported to Bavaria/Germany in 1944. Returned to Hungary with his parents in 1946. Maturity at the "Fazekas Mihàly Gimnazium" in Budapest in 1950. Diploma from the Budapesti Müszaki Egyetem as Mechanical Engineer in 1954. Electrical Engineer in 1956. Escaped from Hungary in November 1956 after the revolution. He married in Basel, Switzerland in June 1957, with Pintér Hilda, Kayak-2 world champion in 1954 in Macon, France. Worked in Switzerland from 1956 to 1960. Worked at SHELL in The Hague/The Netherlands from 1960 to 1962. Worked for Du Pont de Nemours in the US and in Europe from 1962 to 1990. Started as Technical Rep., followed as Techn. Manager, Product Mgr., Customer Service Mgr., Director of Corporate Planning, Corporate Waste Management. As employee of Du Pont, invented the "Fishtail Guide", for the waste free production of the Teflon PTFE unsintered tape. Developed the membrane of Teflon, known as Gore-Tex. Produced the first Fiber Optics as Crofon. From 1990, he is working as independent consultant. Chief executive officer of Dinatar S.A. in 1995 in Geneva. President and CEO of TEDE S.A./Zug/Switzerland in 2004. He lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He won the International Honda NSX Trophy in 2000, 2001, and 2002. She gave birth to their son Jörg in Basel in 1958. She became Swiss in 1972. She won the K-1 Swiss Championship in 1968. Since 1979 she is living in Geneva, Switzerland.
Gliding at the 1936 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. The sport of gliding had been developed in Germany in the 1920s but had spread widely by 1936, allowing an international demonstration to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).