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1997 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1997 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Arnold Koller (President) **Jean-Pascal Delamuraz **Kaspar Villiger ** Flavio Cotti **Ruth Dreifuss **Adolf Ogi ** Moritz Leuenberger Events * 12–20 April – The 1997 World Men's Curling Championship and 1997 World Women's Curling Championship take place in Bern. * 31 August–7September – The 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships take place in Lausanne. * International University in Geneva is established Births * 10 March – Belinda Bencic, tennis player * 3 April – Julia Stierli, association footballer * 5 June – Andrea Brändli, ice hockey player * 13 July – Sina Frei, cross-country cyclist References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich Kosmos 1997
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The Urban agglomeration, urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich Metropolitan Area, Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 33rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lausanne Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway bet ..., Switzerland, in 1997. The 1997 Worlds were notable because they were the first major contest to be held after the elimination of compulsory exercises. For this competition, tie-breaker policies were used. When scores were identical, the gymnast with the higher score in the preliminary round was awarded the higher placement in finals. Medalists Medal table Overall Men Women Men Team All-around Floor exercise Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Women Team All-around Vault Uneven bars Balance beam Floor exercise References {{Gymnastics World Championships World Artistic Gymnastics Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 By Country
Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 16 – Murder of Ennis Cosby: Near Interstate 405 (California) on a Los Angeles freeway, Bill Cosby's son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt. * January 17 – A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. * January 18 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * January 19 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. (→ Hebron Agreement) * January 23 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the United States Senate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 In Switzerland
Events during the year 1997 in Switzerland. Incumbents * Federal Council: **Arnold Koller (President) **Jean-Pascal Delamuraz **Kaspar Villiger ** Flavio Cotti **Ruth Dreifuss **Adolf Ogi ** Moritz Leuenberger Events * 12–20 April – The 1997 World Men's Curling Championship and 1997 World Women's Curling Championship take place in Bern. * 31 August–7September – The 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships take place in Lausanne. * International University in Geneva is established Births * 10 March – Belinda Bencic, tennis player * 3 April – Julia Stierli, association footballer * 5 June – Andrea Brändli, ice hockey player * 13 July – Sina Frei, cross-country cyclist References {{Years in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sina Frei
Sina Frei (born 18 July 1997) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist. She participated at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, winning a medal. On 27 July 2021, Frei won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her teammates, Jolanda Neff and Linda Indergand won the gold and bronze medals, marking the first Swiss podium at the Olympics since 1936 and the first time a nation won all three medals in a cycling event since 1904. Major results Gravel ;2022 : 2nd UCI World Championships ;2024 : 1st UEC European Championships Mountain bike ;2019 : 2nd Tokyo 2020 Test Event ;2020 : Swiss Bike Cup ::1st Leukerbad ;2021 : UCI World Championships ::1st Short track ::3rd Cross-country : 1st Overall Cape Epic (with Laura Stigger) ::1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 : 2nd Cross-country, Olympic Games : UCI XCC World Cup ::2nd Les Gets : Swiss Bike Cup ::2nd Gränichen ;2022 : Ökk Bike Revolution ::2nd Huttwil ::3rd Chur ;2023 : Ökk Bike Revolutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Brändli
Andrea Brändli (born 5 June 1997) is a Swiss ice hockey player and member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team, Swiss national team, currently playing with the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey, Ohio State Buckeyes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) of the NCAA Division I Women's Hockey conferences and teams, NCAA Division I. She represented Switzerland at the IIHF World Women's Championship, IIHF Women's World Championship in 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, 2017, 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, 2019, and 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, 2021. Brändli was the third goaltender for Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Switzerland – behind starter Florence Schelling and backup Janine Alder – in the Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament, women's ice hockey tournament at the Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters, 2018 Winter Olympics. Brändli is part of Team Switzerland a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe, transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, European Championship, UEFA Nations League, Nations League, UEFA Champions League, Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Conference League, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Stierli
Julia Stierli (born 3 April 1997) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a defender for FC Zürich and the Switzerland national team. Career Club With the Stierli started her career at the age of eight with ''FC Muri''. From 2012 to 2014 she played for FC Aarau and then switched to Zürich, with whom she won the double four times. As of 17 December 2020, she has played 25 games for Zurich in the UEFA Women's Champions League, scoring four goals. Best result was reaching the round of 16 in the 2014/15 season, where after a 2-1 home win, where she scored the winning goal, they lost 2-4 away to Glasgow City F.C. Season 2016/17 and 2018/19 they reached the round of 16 again, but were eliminated with a total of 0:17 goals against the ultimately successful defending champion Olympique Lyonnais and with a total of 0:5 goals against FC Bayern Munich. In the 2021/22 UEFA Women's Champions League, she was eliminated with Zurich by a 2-1 home defeat by AC Milan (), commonly referr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Bencic
Belinda Bencic (; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won nine career singles titles, including Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. A former junior world No. 1, Bencic won two junior Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles titles in 2013 at the 2013 French Open – Girls' singles, French Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, Wimbledon. On the professional tour, she made her top 100 debut shortly after turning 17. Her breakthrough came at the 2014 US Open – Women's singles, 2014 US Open, where she became the youngest quarterfinalist since Martina Hingis in 1997. Bencic won her first two WTA Tour titles in 2015, including the 2015 Rogers Cup – Women's singles, Canadian Open where she defeated four of the top six players in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International University In Geneva
The International Institute in Geneva (IIG), formerly known as International University in Geneva (IUN or IUG), founded in 1997, is a private business schoolHandbook of Universities 2013 UNESCO in , . The business school is located in the International Centre Cointrin, next to . History IIG has 270 students.Academic programs The Inte ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausanne
Lausanne ( , ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of towns in Switzerland, city of the Swiss French-speaking Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and facing the French town of Évian-les-Bains across the lake. Lausanne is located (as the crow flies) northeast of Geneva, the nearest major city. The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland convenes in Lausanne, although it is not the ''de jure'' capital of the nation. The municipality of Lausanne has a population of about 140,000, making it the List of cities in Switzerland, fourth largest city in Switzerland after Basel, Geneva, and Zurich, with the entire agglomeration area having about 420,000 inhabitants (as of January 2019). The metropolitan area of Lausanne-Geneva (including Vevey-Montreux, Yverdon-les-Bains, Valais and foreign parts), commonly designated as ''Lake Geneva region, Arc lémanique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bern
Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has governmental institutions such as the Federal Assembly (Switzerland), Federal Assembly and Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council. However, the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, Federal Supreme Court is in Lausanne, the Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland, Federal Criminal Court is in Bellinzona and the Federal Administrative Court (Switzerland), Federal Administrative Court and the Federal Patent Court (Switzerland), Federal Patent Court are in St. Gallen, exemplifying the federal nature of the Confederation. With a population of about 146,000 (), Bern is the List of cities in Switzerland, fifth-most populous city in Switzerland, behind Zürich, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne. The Bern agglomeration, which includes 36 municipalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
