Charles Bouvier
 Pierre Musy, Charles Bouvier, Joseph Beerli and Arnold Gartmann in 1936 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Football | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1924 Paris | Team |
| Men's Bobsleigh | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Four-man |
| World Championships | ||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Charles Bouvier". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Charles Bouvier Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournament Paris 1924 – Switzerland: Squad List". FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Games of the VIII. Olympiad – Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
External links
[edit]- Charles Bouvier at WorldFootball.net
- 1936 bobsleigh two-man results
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
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- 1898 births
- 1964 deaths
- Swiss male bobsledders
- Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
- Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Swiss men's footballers
- Switzerland men's international footballers
- Servette FC players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
- Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Switzerland
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen