Rest in peace: these Swiss from the sports scene had to leave us in 2023

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36 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats: that is the professional record of the Bernese boxer. As an amateur, Hebeisen was allowed to participate in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. Even after his active career, Hebeisen remained loyal to boxing. As a trainer, he was the right-hand man of boxing instructor legend Charly Bühler. Hebeisen had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease since 1997.

“Z’erscht shouted Mr. Dr. Chübu – and then Mr. äs Fäscht, whom he hatches and strokes!” The Düsseldorf native said these words when he became president of SC Bern in January 1987. Bommes kept his word, because the Mutzen actually became champions under him in 1989 and 1991. After a second term in Bern (1993 to 1995) he said goodbye to Swiss hockey.

Unthinkable today, but Schadegg was both an ice hockey and football coach. In 1962 he was promoted to the National League B with EHC Chur and in the mid-1970s he coached FC St. Gallen. Blick wrote at the time: “Kurt Schadegg is not a snake master, not a slave driver with a pipe in his mouth. He likes the gentle route – and has success with it. The players will go through fire for him.”

Legend has it that he ran the 100 meters in 10.7 seconds. But Marti was not a track and field athlete, but a football player. And a successful one at that. With the FCZ he won the cup in 1973 and with the FCB he won the championship in 1977 and 1980. But the Langenthaler could also have become a hockey player. Since he was successful in both sports as a junior and had to make a decision at some point, he would have tossed a coin.

He also had his share in the golden days of Sapporo in 1972. At that time he won Olympic gold in the four-man bobsleigh. One of his pushers: a certain Hausi Leutenegger. But Wicki’s life had even more to offer: he once worked for the Gordini Formula 1 racing team and built a successful real estate empire after his bobsled career.

The original Basel resident was chairman of the FCB between 2002 and 2006. Edelmann was not someone who put himself in the foreground. “I am a discussion partner for the main players Gigi Oeri, Christian Gross and the team and take care of the sponsors a lot,” is how he once described his role. During his tenure, the Red Blues became cup winners once and champions twice. In 2006 he handed over the presidency to Oeri.

His death still leaves you speechless even six months later. On June 15, he had a serious crash during the descent from Albula during the 5th stage of the Tour of Switzerland. He died in hospital from his injuries a day later. During a public farewell ceremony at the open racecourse in Zurich-Oerlikon, Switzerland, Ciao Gino said impressively.

Martin and his older brother Paul were the pioneers of Swiss beach volleyball. Together they became multiple European champions, second world champions and twice fifth at the Olympic Games. «I have to admit that I haven’t celebrated the successes enough. I should have enjoyed it more,” Martin said years after his career ended. In the last years of his all-too-short life, he suffered from depression.

He was the voice of the ZSC. For decades, the Radio 24 reporter commented on the hockey matches of his favorite club. As a child, Scheibli had another dream: he wanted to become a football goalkeeper for a French club. It didn’t quite work out, but he played in three Nati A matches for the Young Fellows.

September 28, 2000 was her day. At the time, she won Olympic silver in show jumping with the team together with Markus Fuchs, Beat Mändli and Willi Melliger. “Lesley McNaught was an exceptional rider and a woman who dedicated her heart and soul to her sport, the horses and the riders on the team,” Swiss Equestrian wrote after her unexpected death.

Source : Blick