Charles Amédée Piguet

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameCharles Amédée•Piguet
Used nameCharles Amédée•Piguet
Born24 May 1904 in Langendorf, Solothurn (SUI)
Died31 December 1990 in Solothurn, Solothurn (SUI)
Affiliations?, Le Brassus (SUI)
NOC Switzerland

Biography

Solothurn-native Charles Amadee Piguet was a resident of Le Brassus and the runner-up to Rudolf Höhn of Zürich in the bantamweight class at the 1928 Swiss wrestling national championships. Selected to compete at the Olympic Games for Switzerland at Amsterdam in 1928, Piguet lost in the semi-final round to Robert Hewitt of the United States. Outside of sports, he was a watchmaker by profession and resided in Lommiswil.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Wrestling SUI Charles Amédée Piguet
Bantamweight, Freestyle, Men (Olympic) 6