Beat Bösch

Beat Bösch

Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1971-11-27) 27 November 1971 Grosswangen, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	sprinting athletics
Disability	spinal
Disability class	T52
Event(s)	Sprint Middle distance
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 0 3 1 World Championships 2 4 3 European Championships 2 1 0 Men's paralympic athletics Representing Switzerland Paralympic Games 2004 Athens 100 m T52 2008 Beijing 100 m T52 2008 Beijing 200 m T52 2004 Athens 200 m T52 IPC World Championships 2002 Lille 400 m T52 2011 Christchurch 400 m T52 2002 Lille 200 m T52 2006 Assen 100 m T52 2006 Assen 200 m T52 2011 Christchurch 100 m T52 2011 Christchurch 200 m T52 1998 Birmingham 100 m T52 2002 Lille 100 m T52 2015 Doha 100 m T52 IPC European Championships 2014 Swansea 100 m T52 2016 Grosseto 100 m T52 2016 Grosseto 400 m T52

Beat Bösch (born 27 November 1971) is a Paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.

Bösch took part in his first Summer Paralympics in 2000. Four years later he competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a silver medal in the men's 100 metres – T52 event and a bronze medal in the men's 200 metres – T52 event.

In the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China, he won a silver medal in the men's 100 metres – T52 event, a silver medal in the 200 metres and went out in the first round of the 400 metres.

He also competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he was his country's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. He competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m events, finishing fourth in both the 100 and 200 metre events.

External links

• Beat Bösch at the International Paralympic Committee
• Beat Bösch at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Beat Bösch Home Page (in German)