Pierre Musy
{{Short description|Swiss bobsledder (1910–1990)}}
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| image = Pierre Musy, Charles Bouvier, Joseph Beerli, Arnold Gartmann 1936.jpg
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| caption = Musy (left) at the 1936 Olympics
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| birth_date = 25 August 1910
| birth_place = Albeuve, Switzerland
| death_date = 21 November 1990 (aged 80)
| death_place = Düdingen, Switzerland
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| alma_mater = University of Bern
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{{MedalGold|1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen|Four-man}}
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{{MedalSilver|1935 St. Moritz|Four-man}}
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Pierre Musy (25 August 1910 – 21 November 1990) was a Swiss bobsledder and horse rider. Competing in the four-man bobsled event he won a gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics and a silver at the FIBT World Championships 1935. As an equestrian he competed in the three-day eventing at the 1948 Summer Olympics and finished 32nd individually and fourth with the Swiss team.
Musy was the son of Jean-Marie Musy, who was the President of the Swiss Confederation in 1925 and in 1930. He graduated from Collège Saint-Michel and from the University of Bern with a degree in law. From 1931 to 1939 he worked at local and federal banks in Geneva. He took various military posts from 1938 through 1960s, and served as a Swiss military attaché in the Middle East (1951–1954) and European countries (1954–1961). Between 1963 and 1967 he headed the Swiss Military Intelligence Service, and after that was appointed as President of FC Fribourg.
References
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- Wallechinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896–1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 560.
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040211125454/http://www.sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964]
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- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825030501/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MUSYPIE01 |title=DatabaseOlympics.com profile}}
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Category:Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Category:Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
Category:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Category:Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Category:Swiss male equestrians
Category:Olympic equestrians for Switzerland
Category:Equestrians at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Category:University of Bern alumni
Category:Children of presidents
Category:Sportspeople from the canton of Fribourg
Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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