Marianne Gossweiler Explained

Marianne Gossweiler
Birth Place:Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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Marianne Gossweiler (born 15 May 1943 in Schaffhausen) is a Swiss equestrian. She placed seventh in individual dressage and won a silver medal in team dressage at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She a won bronze medal in team dressage at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She is married to sports rower Urs Fankhauser.[1] For some time she was an anti-suffragist and was against the introduction of women's suffrage in Canton Schaffhausen in 1967.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile: Marianne Gossweiler . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055151/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/marianne-gossweiler-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports-Reference.com . 9 January 2012.
  2. Web site: 1967 . Die erste kantonale Abstimmung über das Frauenstimmrecht in Schaffhausen vom 28. Mai 1967 . Die Staatsbürgerin : Zeitschrift für politische Frauenbestrebungen.