1993 in Switzerland explained

Events in the year 1993 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council

^[1]

• • • • • • Otto Stich Jean-Pascal Delamuraz Kaspar Villiger
          • Arnold Koller Flavio Cotti René Felber then Ruth Dreifuss
  • Adolf Ogi (President)^[2]

Events

• 28 March–4 April – The 1993 World Men's Curling Championship and 1993 World Women's Curling Championship take place in Geneva.^[3]
• 18 August – The 14th-century Kapellbrücke covered wooden truss bridge in Lucerne is largely destroyed by fire.^[4]
• 6–11 December – The 1993 European Curling Championships take place in Leukerbad.^[5]
• Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Births

• 5 January – Jolanda Neff, cyclist^[6]
• 16 February – Christophe Guedes, association footballer^[7]
• 2 March – Dany da Silva, association footballer^[8]
• 22 March – Andrea Ellenberger, alpine skier^[9]
• 12 May – Wendy Holdener, alpine skier^[10]
• 19 May – Sarah Forster, ice hockey player^[11]
• 23 May – Eseosa Aigbogun, association footballer^[12]
• 7 June – Gaëtan Karlen, association footballer^[13]
• 10 July – Marco Bürki, association footballer^[14]
• 13 July – Linda Indergand, cyclist^[15]
• 20 July – Debrah Scarlett, Norwegian-Swiss singer and songwriter^[16]
• 16 September – Jasmine Flury, alpine skier^[17]
• 29 November – Giulian Pedone, motorcycle racer^[18]
• 5 December – Michelle Gisin, alpine slier^[19]
• Olivier Jäckle, association footballer^[20]

Deaths

• 20 January – Audrey Hepburn, British actress (born 1929 in Belgium)^[21]
• 8 February – Franz Schnyder, film director and screenwriter (born 1910)^[22]
• 13 March – Jean Tamini, association footballer (born 1919)^[23]

Notes and References

1. Web site: All federal councillors since 1848 . www.admin.ch . 22 January 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Presidents of the Confederation . www.admin.ch . 22 January 2024 . en.
3. Web site: Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Curling Championships . www.olympedia.org . 4 February 2024.
4. News: Vor 20 Jahren brannte die Kapellbrücke . . Lucerne, Switzerland . 18 August 2013 . de . 2017-06-02.
5. Web site: Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Curling Championships . www.olympedia.org . 4 February 2024.
6. Web site: Jolanda Neff . www.eurosport.com . 31 January 2024.
7. Web site: Christophe Guedes. Goal.com. 14 May 2015.
8. Web site: Dany DA SILVA - Soccer Wiki for the fans, by the fans. 14 May 2015.
9. Web site: Olympedia – Andrea Ellenberger . www.olympedia.org . 18 February 2024.
10. Web site: Wendy Holdener . www.eurosport.com . 31 January 2024.
11. Web site: Olympedia – Sarah Forster . www.olympedia.org . 31 January 2024.
12. Web site: Eseosa Aigbogun . www.tntsports.co.uk . 8 February 2024.
13. Web site: Gaëtan Karlen - FIFA 15.
14. Web site: Football - Marco Bürki. 14 May 2015.
15. Web site: Olympedia – Linda Indergand . www.olympedia.org . 31 January 2024.
16. Web site: EUROVISONG_ Morland & Debrah Scarlett. 14 May 2015. 18 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082803/http://www.eurovisong.com/2010/01/morland-debrah-scarlett.html. dead.
17. Web site: Jasmine Flury . www.eurosport.com . 18 February 2024.
18. Web site: Giulian Pedone - Player Profile - Motorcycling - Eurosport Australia. 14 May 2015.
19. Web site: Michelle Gisin . www.eurosport.com . 31 January 2024.
20. Web site: Spielerportrait - Olivier Jäckle - Fussball-Club Aarau. 14 May 2015. 19 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319184647/http://fcaarau.ch/cont/fanionteam/portrait/jaeckle.php. dead.
21. Web site: Audrey Hepburn Biography, Movies, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 23 January 2024 . en . 16 January 2024.
22. Web site: Schnyder, Franz. 2012.
23. Web site: JEAN TAMINI FOOT Jean Tamini est le premier footballeur valaisan à avoir joué une Coupe du monde. C'était au Brésil en 1950. Il avait marqué un but... Le premier des Valaisans. 14 May 2015. 18 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083256/http://www.titrespresse.com/ch/article/jean-tamini-foot-jean-tamini-est-le-premier-footballeur-valaisan-a-avoir-joue-une-coupe-du-monde-c-etait-au-bresil-en-1950-il-avait-marque-un-but-le-premier-des-valaisans-142083d14d6. dead.