That Corinne Sutter and Mathilde Gremaud won gold today – it can’t be a coincidence. Because February 15 is our golden day. On no other date in Olympic history have we been more successful. In bare figures: 7 gold medals on February 15th! An overview.
February 15, 1988
The terrifying series begins 34 years ago. Pirmin Zurbrigen won the gold medal at the Calgary Olympic downhill. In front of teammate Peter Mueller.
15 February 1998
In the preliminary round, Skip Patrick Hurleyman’s curling team lost 8–2 to Canada clearly. But the final (thanks for the date?) has changed – a 9:3 victory for Switzerland.
February 15, 2002
On this date, snowboarder Philipp Schoch won the gold medal in the parallel giant slalom. Four years later, Zurich followed suit twice (on 22 February).
February 15, 2010
A day for the history books of Swiss sports. As of today, Switzerland won two gold medals: Didier Defago in the downhill and Dario Cologna in the 15km freestyle.
February 15, 2022
Twelve years later, the same picture: thanks to Corinne Sutter (Slope) and Mathilde Gremaud (Slopestyle), Switzerland has double gold.
February 15 is indeed a golden day for Switzerland!
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