Marianne Gossweiler

Marianne Gossweiler
Personal information
Born15 May 1943 (1943-05-15) (age 82)
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Medal record
Equestrian
Representing Switzerland
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Team dressage
1968 Mexico City Team dressage
World Championships
1966 Bern Team dressage
European Championships
1965 Copenhagen Team dressage
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

  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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