Gérard Vuilleumier
{{short description|Swiss ski jumper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Gérard Vuilleumier
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| nationality = Swiss
| sport = Ski jumping
| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|12|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|4|17|1905|12|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = Genève, Switzerland
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Gérard Vuilleumier (5 December 1905 – 17 April 1984) was a Swiss ski jumper and cyclist.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/1216/gerard-vuilleumier|title=Gérard Vuilleumier's Palmares at CyclingRanking|publisher=CyclingRanking.com}} He competed in the individual event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vu/gerard-vuilleumier-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418072750/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vu/gerard-vuilleumier-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gérard Vuilleumier Olympic Results |accessdate=24 August 2019}}
Ski jumping
Cycling
In addition to his winter sports career, Vuilleumier was a successful cyclist in summer. For the 1928 Summer Olympics, he was registered as a participant in the road bike race, but did not take part. In the same year he won the Bern-Genève road race as an amateur.{{Cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/disparues/anc_bernegeneve.php|title=Berne-Genève (Sui) - Ex.|website=www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu}} A little later, in 1929, after a third place in the amateur class at the Swiss road championships,{{cite news|title=Les championnats Suisses|url=https://www.letempsarchives.ch/page/JDG_1929_05_21/8/article/6568115/Vuilleumier|publisher=Le Temps|date=21 May 1929}} he turned professional. A year later he secured a bronze medal in the professional championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/races/1930/championnat-de-suisse-sur-route?highlight=1216|title=Results Championnat de Suisse sur route 1930 - CyclingRanking.com|website=www.cyclingranking.com}} In 1931 he won Bern-Genève in the Pro category. At the Tour de Suisse in 1933, he finished 34th.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/races/1933/tour-de-suisse?highlight=1216|title=Results Tour de Suisse 1933 - General Classification - CyclingRanking.com|website=www.cyclingranking.com}}
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Category:Swiss male ski jumpers
Category:Olympic ski jumpers for Switzerland
Category:Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics