Rüdi Johner (born 1 August 1942) is a

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

former

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. Competing with Gerda Johner, he was a nine-time gold medalists at the

Swiss Figure Skating Championships The Swiss Figure Skating Championships (; ) are an annual figure skating competition organized by Swiss Ice Skating to crown the national champions of Switzerland. The first championships were held in St. Moritz in 1919. Medals are awarded in m ...

from 1957 to 1965. The pair finished sixth at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a ...

, and the following year, they won the silver medal at the

European Figure Skating Championships The European Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ...

and finished fourth at the

World Figure Skating Championships The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 1896 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and they have been held e ...

Results

(pairs with Gerda Johner)

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Swiss male pair skaters 1942 births Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for Switzerland Living people European Figure Skating Championships medalists FISU World University Games gold medalists for Switzerland Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating Competitors at the 1962 Winter Universiade 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-figure-skater-stub