Charles Bouvier

{{Short description|Swiss footballer and bobsledder (1898–1964)}}

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Charles Bouvier (24 August 1898{{snd}}October 1964) was a Swiss footballer and bobsledder. He won gold in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84297 |title=Charles Bouvier |work=Olympedia |access-date=18 August 2021}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/charles-bouvier-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192402/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/charles-bouvier-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Charles Bouvier Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Sports Reference |access-date=17 July 2018}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/paris1924/teams/team=1889338/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303173923/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/paris1924/teams/team=1889338/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 March 2014 |title=Olympic Football Tournament Paris 1924 – Switzerland: Squad List |website=FIFA |access-date=17 July 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1924f.html |title=Games of the VIII. Olympiad – Football Tournament |website=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=20 October 2015 |access-date=17 July 2018}} However, he did not appear during the tournament.

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

External links

{{WorldFootball.net|charles-bouvier}}
[http://www.todor66.com/olim/1936w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1936 bobsleigh two-man results]
[http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323143804/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html |date=23 March 2019 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070825013213/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOUVICHA01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]

Category:1898 births

Category:1964 deaths

Category:Swiss male bobsledders

Category:Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland

Category:Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland

Category:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh

Category:Olympic medalists in football

Category:Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Category:Swiss men's footballers

Category:Switzerland men's international footballers

Category:Servette FC players