André Bucher
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men’s Athletics | ||
Competitor for  Switzerland |
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| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2001 Edmonton | 800 m |
| European Athletics Championships | ||
| Silver | 1998 Budapest | 800 m |
| Silver | 2002 Munich | 800 m |
| European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
| Silver | 2002 Vienna | 800 m |
André Bucher (born October 19, 1976 in Neudorf, Switzerland) is a retired Swiss 800 metres runner. He is mostly known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton in his event. Bucher also won the indoor bronze that very same year.
Bucher won three European Championship silver medals in 1998, 2002 and 2002 Indoor. Other achievements include finishing third at the 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final.
On August 17th 2001, Bucher posted a personal best of 1:42.55 minutes in the 800 meters. That currently stands as the 7th fastest time in history. On that race, he beat the young Yuriy Borzakovskiy by a decent margin. The week after, Borzakovskiy would post the current 6th fastest time in history.
Bucher retired in May 2007 due to a long-term heel injury.[1]
[edit] References
- IAAF profile for André Bucher
- ^ Turner, Chris (2007-05-13). "2001 World Champion Bucher retires". IAAF.org. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=38688.html. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
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Preceded by Marcel Schelbert |
Swiss Sportsman of the Year 2000 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Simon Ammann |
Preceded by Jan Železný |
Men's European Athlete of the Year 2001 |
Succeeded by Dwain Chambers |
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