Charles Bouvier

Pierre Musy, Charles Bouvier, Joseph Beerli and Arnold Gartmann in 1936
Medal record
Football
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1924 Paris Team
Men's Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1935 St. Moritz Four-man

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]

Football career

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.

References

  1. ^ "Charles Bouvier". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Charles Bouvier Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Paris 1924 – Switzerland: Squad List". FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Games of the VIII. Olympiad – Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

External links

Switzerland football squad – 1924 Summer Olympics – Silver medalists
Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh
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