Christoph Bottoni (born 21 September 1977) is a Swiss former sailor, who specialized in the Laser class.[1] Representing his nation Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Bottoni trained for several years at Lake Lugano Yachting Club (Italian: Circolo Velico Lago di Lugano).[2] Outside the sailing career, Bottoni worked as an orthodontist for five years at a children dental hospital in Zürich. Additionally, he was elected the second-runner-up in the 2006 edition of the prestigious Mister Switzerland pageant.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Switzerland |
| Born | 21 October 1987 Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Dinghy |
| Club | Circolo Velico Lago di Lugano |
Bottoni competed for the Swiss sailing team, as a 31-year-old, in the Laser class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Four months earlier, he prevailed over the quota place winner Max Bulley to lock the country's top Laser spot for the Games based on his overall results in two selection meets, the class-associated Worlds and the annual Princess Sofia Trophy regatta in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[4] Bottoni sailed smoothly almost at the sterns of the 43-man fleet with only a single top-fifteen mark recorded after ten races, sitting him in the thirty-seventh spot with 241 net points.[5]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christoph Bottoni". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Kleinste Olympiadelegation seit 32 Jahren" [Smallest Olympic delegation in 32 years] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 22 July 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Freiburger Student wird Mister Schweiz" [Freiburger student wins Mister Switzerland] (in German). Swissinfo. 30 April 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Olympia-Limiten für fünf Schweizer Boote" [Olympic places for Swiss boats] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Men's Laser Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
External links edit
- Christoph Bottoni at World Sailing
- Christoph Bottoni at Olympics.com
- Christoph Bottoni at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Christoph Bottoni at Olympic.org (archived)
- Christoph Bottoni at Olympedia
- Christoph Bottoni at the NBC 2008 Olympics website at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
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