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Marianne Gossweiler

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Marianne Gossweiler
Personal information
Born15 May 1943 (1943-05-15) (age 81)
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Team dressage
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1966 Bern Team dressage
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1965 Copenhagen Team dressage
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Aachen Team dressage

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]

She is the first female athlete on a Swiss Olympics sport team.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile: Marianne Gossweiler". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Die erste kantonale Abstimmung über das Frauenstimmrecht in Schaffhausen vom 28. Mai 1967". Die Staatsbürgerin : Zeitschrift für politische Frauenbestrebungen. 1967.
  3. ^ "1964 Tokyo Olympics: Marianne Fankhauser, the First Swiss Woman at the Olympics and Straight into the Medals". Eurodressage. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
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