1993 in Switzerland

Events in the year 1993 in Switzerland.

Incumbents

• Federal Council:
• Otto Stich
• Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
• Kaspar Villiger
• Arnold Koller
• Flavio Cotti
• René Felber then Ruth Dreifuss
• Adolf Ogi (President)

Events

• 28 March–4 April – The 1993 World Men's Curling Championship and 1993 World Women's Curling Championship take place in Geneva.
• 18 August – The 14th-century Kapellbrücke covered wooden truss bridge in Lucerne is largely destroyed by fire.
• 6–11 December – The 1993 European Curling Championships take place in Leukerbad.
• Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Births

• 5 January – Jolanda Neff, cyclist
• 16 February – Christophe Guedes, association footballer
• 2 March – Dany da Silva, association footballer
• 22 March – Andrea Ellenberger, alpine skier
• 12 May – Wendy Holdener, alpine skier
• 19 May – Sarah Forster, ice hockey player
• 23 May – Eseosa Aigbogun, association footballer
• 7 June – Gaëtan Karlen, association footballer
• 10 July – Marco Bürki, association footballer
• 13 July – Linda Indergand, cyclist
• 20 July – Debrah Scarlett, Norwegian-Swiss singer and songwriter
• 16 September – Jasmine Flury, alpine skier
• 29 November – Giulian Pedone, motorcycle racer
• 5 December – Michelle Gisin, alpine slier
• Olivier Jäckle, association footballer

Deaths

• 20 January – Audrey Hepburn, British actress (born 1929 in Belgium)
• 8 February – Franz Schnyder, film director and screenwriter (born 1910)
• 13 March – Jean Tamini, association footballer (born 1919)

References