Wilhelm Melliger
Appearance
Wilhelm Melliger | |
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Personal information | |
Other names | Willi Melliger |
Discipline | Jumping |
Born | Buttwil, Switzerland | 26 July 1953
Died | 16 January 2018 | (aged 64)
Horse(s) | Calvaro V |
Medal record |
Wilhelm "Willi" Melliger (26 July 1953 – 16 January 2018) was a Swiss equestrian and Olympic medalist. With his horse Calvaro V, he won two Olympic silver medals: the first in show jumping at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the second as part of team jumping at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Melliger died on 16 January 2018 from complications of a stroke that he suffered in December 2017. He was 64.[1]
References
- ^ Carnet noir: le cavalier Willi Melliger n'est plus (in French)
External links
- Wilhelm Melliger at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1953 births
- 2018 deaths
- Swiss male equestrians
- Olympic equestrians for Switzerland
- Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
- Equestrians at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- People from Muri District
- Horse trader
- Sportspeople from Aargau
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen
- Swiss Olympic medalist stubs
- Swiss equestrian biography stubs