Melchior Bürgin

{{short description|Swiss rower}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|17 October 1943}}

| birth_place = Eptingen, Switzerland

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| height = 189 cm

| weight = 80 kg

| sport = Rowing

| club = Grasshopper Club Zürich

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{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1966 Bled | Double sculls }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}

{{MedalBronze | 1964 Amsterdam | Double sculls }}

{{MedalGold | 1965 Duisburg | Double sculls }}

{{MedalGold | 1967 Vichy | Double sculls }}

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Melchior Rudolf Bürgin (born 17 October 1943) is a former Swiss rower who competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.

Bürgin partnered Martin Studach in the double sculls rowing for Switzerland at the 1964 Summer Olympics when they came fourth.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/melchior-burgin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/melchior-burgin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Melchior Bürgin}} Over next three years, Bürgin and Studach dominated the double sculls scene. In 1965 they won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta[http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716161931/http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm |date=16 July 2011 }}. Rowinghistory.net. Retrieved on 7 November 2015. and the European Championships. In 1966 they won the World Championships.[http://sports123.com/row/mw-dsc.html World Championships Double Scull]. Sports123.com. Retrieved on 7 November 2015. They won the European Championships and the double sculls at Henley again in 1967.[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rudern/hst/64.html Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025155547/http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rudern/hst/64.html |date=25 October 2014 }}. sport-komplett.de Bürgin and Studach rowed in the double sculls for Switzerland at the 1968 Summer Olympics, but at the altitude in Mexico Studach suffered a collapse through over-exertion in the heats.{{cite book |author=The Independent Rowing News Inc. |title=Rowing News |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HEsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31 |date=June 2007 |publisher=The Independent Rowing News Inc. |pages=31– |issn=1548-694X}} Bürgin went two more rounds with substitute Hans Ruckstuhl.

Burgin won the double sculls at Henley again in 1969 partnering Denis Oswald. Bürgin competed for Switzerland at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the Single scull and reached the final to come sixth.

Burgin was a long-time employee of Stämpfli, a Swiss boat building company, and took over it in the 1980s when Alfred Stämpfli retired.[http://www.stampfli.co.uk/about/ The History of Stampfli]. Stampfli.co.uk. Retrieved on 7 November 2015.