Edgar Buchwalder
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Edgar Buchwalder (2 August 1916 – 9 April 2009) was a
cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...
from Switzerland. He won the silver medal in the team road race at the
1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...
along with Ernst Nievergelt and
Kurt Ott Kurt Ott (9 December 1912 – 19 April 2001) was a cyclist from Switzerland. He won the silver medal in the team road race at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officia ...
. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1940 and 1942.


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* 1916 births 2009 deaths Swiss male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Solothurn Cyclists from the canton of Solothurn Tour de Suisse stage winners Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub