Personal information | |
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Full name | Christophe Bühler |
National team | Switzerland |
Born | Langenthal, Switzerland | 2 January 1974
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Schwimmklub Langenthal |
Coach | Michel Tavcar |
Christophe Bühler (born 2 January 1974) is a Swiss former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. [1] He is a single-time Olympian (2000), a ten-time member of the Swiss swimming team, and an 11-time national titleholder in the 50 m freestyle. [2] Before his retirement in 2006, Buhler trained for the Langenthal Swimming Club under his personal coach Michel Tavcar.
Buhler competed in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 22.85 from the Swiss National Championships in Zurich. [3] [4] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat seven, including top favorites Jiang Chengji of China and Attila Zubor of Hungary. He edged out Croatia's Marijan Kanjer by a hundredth of a second (0.01) to earn a fifth spot in 23.15. Buhler failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-first overall in the preliminaries. [5]