Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Bruno•Galliker |
Used name | Bruno•Galliker |
Born | 29 December 1931 in Emmenbrücke, Luzern (SUI) |
Died | 27 May 2020 in Zürich, Zürich (SUI) |
Measurements | 173 cm / 69 kg |
Affiliations | TV Unterstrass, Zürich (SUI) |
NOC | Switzerland |
Bruno Galliker was a 400 metre hurdler who competed at the 1960 Roma Olympics, placing sixth in the final. He won bronze medals at the 1958 European Championships in the 400 hurdles and added another bronze at the 1962 Europeans in the 4x400 relay. Galliker won eight Swiss Championships.
After his sports career, Galliker worked for SRF as a sports editor where he became a well-known voice on Swiss-German radio for several decades. He studied banking in school and started as a banking apprentice but made his career in radio.
Personal Best: 400H – 51.11 (1960).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1960 Summer Olympics | Athletics | SUI | Bruno Galliker | |||
400 metres Hurdles, Men (Olympic) | 6 | |||||
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) | Switzerland |