Oskar Gerber

Oskar Gerber was active in the athletics scene of Bern throughout the 1940s, specializing in the decathlon, in which he won multiple cantonal titles. The highlight of his athletic career came in 1948 with his selection to the Swiss Olympic athletics team. Competing in the decathlon alongside fellow countrymen Armin Scheurer and Fritz Nussbaum, Gerber finished 27th in a field of 36 competitors, with a score of 5558 points.

Gerber later worked for more than 40 years as typesetter for the Bern newspaper Der Bund, first starting 1944 at the age of 25 and rising to become the head of the department in 1984.

Personal Best: Dec – 5974 (1944).