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Wikitree Olympics Project

Contents 1 Olympics-Team Switzerland 1.1 Background 1.2 Olympians Representing Switzerland on Wikitree 1.3 Process 1.4 Stickers 1.5 Switzerland sent a team to the following games 1.5.1 Summer Olympics 1.5.2 Winter Olympics 1.5.3 Summer Paralympics 1.5.4 Winter Paralympics 1.6 Sources

Olympics-Team Switzerland

Background

Switzerland was one of the 14 nations to compete at the 1st modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Switzerland has competed in all the Olympic Games (both Winter and Summer), except for in 1904. Switzerland has won a total of 374 medals, including 116 gold medals. Their athletes have been the most dominant in Alpine skiing.^[1][2]

This is an ongoing project to ensure that all Olympians who represented Switzerland are on Wikitree.

• Connected to their family
• Connected to the Global Tree, if possible
• With profiles that have biographical, family, and sporting information
• Well sourced

Olympians Representing Switzerland on Wikitree

This category Olympians representing Switzerland shows all Swiss Olympians who have been identified and are now on Wikitree.

Note: Only Wikitree profiles with the category [[Category:Olympians Representing Switzerland]] will appear.

Process

1. Identify existing Wikitree profile or add new profile
2. Add specific categories

• [[Category:Olympians Representing Switzerland]]
• Category for the Olympic games in which they represented Switzerland. e.g. "[[Category: 1924 Olympic Summer Games]] "
• If they won medals - [[Category:Olympic Gold Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Silver Medalists]] , [[Category: Olympic Bronze Medalists]]

3. Add Olympic Movement Sticker and add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Switzerland in Tennis in the Paris Olympics of 1924.
4, Add biography, family, and sporting information
5. Connect to family and any spouse
6. If possible, connect to the Global Tree. This may require adding additional profiles.

Stickers

• Code for the Olympic Movement sticker
  
• {{Occupation |image=Olympic_Movement.png |text=Add text.}}
• Add text for sport and specific Olympic Games. e.g. represented Switzerland in Tennis in the Paris Olympics of 1924.

Note: The sticker does not display the name in preview mode . "..." will appear. The name will show once the profile is saved.