Walter Bucher (cyclist)

{{Short description|Swiss cyclist (1926–2025)}}

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| name = Walter Bucher

| image = Walter Bucher 1959.jpg

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| caption = Bucher at the 1959 World Championships

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1926|6|8}}

| birth_place = Zurich, Switzerland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|3|6|1926|6|8|df=y}}

| death_place =Zurich, Switzerland

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{{MedalCompetition|Motor-paced World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1955 Milan|Professionals}}

{{MedalBronze|1956 Copenhagen|Professionals}}

{{MedalSilver|1957 Rocourt|Professionals}}

{{MedalGold|1958 Paris|Professionals}}

{{MedalSilver|1959 Amsterdam|Professionals}}

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Walter Bucher (8 June 1926 – 6 March 2025) was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/walter-bucher-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418075324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/walter-bucher-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Walter Bucher |website=sports-reference.com}} Between 1955 and 1959 he won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships, including a gold medal in 1958. He also won five national titles in motor-paced racing (1955, 1957–1960).

Bucher was also a successful road cyclist, winning 11 six-day races out of 66. He missed the 1961 UCI Track World Championships in his native Zurich due to a bad fall earlier that year. Next year he stopped cycling and founded a shipping company. He retired in 1992 due to an accident at work.

Bucher died in Zurich on 6 March 2025, at the age of 98.{{cite web |title=Der letzte Schweizer Rad-Star der goldenen 50er-Jahre ist tot |url= https://www.blick.ch/sport/rad/walter-bucher-wurde-98-jahre-alt-der-letzte-schweizer-rad-star-der-goldenen-50er-jahre-ist-tot-id20677345.html |website=Blick |access-date=14 March 2025}}Walter Bucher, 98. In: NZZ am Sonntag, 16. März 2025, S. 25.