1993 in Switzerland

Events in the year 1993 in Switzerland.

Incumbents Federal Council: Otto Stich Jean-Pascal Delamuraz Kaspar Villiger Arnold Koller Flavio Cotti René Felber then Ruth Dreifuss Adolf Ogi (President)

Events 28 March–4 April – The 1993 World Men's Curling Championship and 1993 World Women's Curling Championship take place in Geneva. 18 August – The 14th-century Kapellbrücke covered wooden truss bridge in Lucerne is largely destroyed by fire. 6–11 December – The 1993 European Curling Championships take place in Leukerbad. Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Births

5 January – Jolanda Neff, cyclist 16 February – Christophe Guedes, association footballer 2 March – Dany da Silva, association footballer 22 March – Andrea Ellenberger, alpine skier 12 May – Wendy Holdener, alpine skier 19 May – Sarah Forster, ice hockey player 23 May – Eseosa Aigbogun, association footballer 7 June – Gaëtan Karlen, association footballer 10 July – Marco Bürki, association footballer 13 July – Linda Indergand, cyclist 20 July – Debrah Scarlett, Norwegian-Swiss singer and songwriter 16 September – Jasmine Flury, alpine skier 29 November – Giulian Pedone, motorcycle racer 5 December – Michelle Gisin, alpine slier Olivier Jäckle, association footballer

Deaths

20 January – Audrey Hepburn, British actress (born 1929 in Belgium) 8 February – Franz Schnyder, film director and screenwriter (born 1910) 13 March – Jean Tamini, association footballer (born 1919)

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