Charles Bouvier Explained

Charles Bouvier (24 August 1898 – October 1964) was a Swiss footballer and bobsledder. He won gold in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Football career

Bouvier began his career in football as a full-back, playing for Swiss club Servette FC. Bouvier also appeared for the Switzerland national team, earning five caps.^[2]

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Bouvier was a member of the Switzerland squad in football which won the silver medal, finishing as runners-up to Uruguay.^{[3] [4]} However, he did not appear during the tournament.^[2]

Bobsleigh career

Bouvier won a gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and finished seventh in the two-man event at those same games.

He also won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1935 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

External links

• • 1936 bobsleigh two-man results
• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles Bouvier . Olympedia . 18 August 2021.
2. Web site: Charles Bouvier Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192402/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/charles-bouvier-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . . 17 July 2018.
3. Web site: Olympic Football Tournament Paris 1924 – Switzerland: Squad List . https://web.archive.org/web/20140303173923/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/paris1924/teams/team=1889338/index.html . dead . 3 March 2014 . FIFA . 17 July 2018.
4. Web site: Games of the VIII. Olympiad – Football Tournament . . 20 October 2015 . 17 July 2018.