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20 famous athletes from Switzerland

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Winner of 20 tennis grand slam tournaments and longtime world No 1.
Roger
Federer
Road cyclist, two time Olympic and four time World champion in time trial (“Spartacus”).
Fabian
Cancellara
NBA center for the Houston Rockets and the Atlanta Hawks.
Clint
Capela
Basel-born Captain of the Swiss national soccer team, midfielder (Arsenal, Mönchengladbach).
Granit
Xhaka
NHL defenseman for the Nashville Predators, winner of the James Norris trophy.
Roman
Josi
Ski jumper and four-time Olympic champion (“Flying Harry Potter”).
Simon
Ammann
Retired five-time tennis grand slam winner of slovak descent.
Martina
Hingis
Goalkeeper of Bayern Munich and the Swiss national soccer team.
Yann
Sommer
Former alpine skier, five time Hahnenkamm winner and Olympic champion.
Didier
Cuche
Retired ice hockey defenceman with nearly 800 NHL games for Montreal, the New York Islanders and Philadelphia.
Mark
Streit
Sprinter and 60 m world indoor champion in 2022.
Mujinga
Kambundji
Russian-born former snowboard freestyler and halfpipe Olympic champion in 2014.
Youri
Podladtchikov
First Swiss NBA player (Chicago, Oklahoma, Atlanta, Utah, Houston).
Thabo
Sefolosha
Geneva-born race driver who used to compete in Formula 1 with a French license (Lotus, Renault, Haas).
Romain
Grosjean
Six-time winner of the Ironman Hawaii and European triathlon champion.
Natascha
Badmann
Winner of three tennis grand slam tournaments (“Marathon-Stan”).
Stan
Wawrinka
Former figure skater from Valais, two-time World champion and Olympic silver medailst.
Stéphane
Lambiel
Chess player of Russian descent, two-time World Championship finalist (losses to Anatoly Karpov).
Victor
Kortchnoi
Soccer player of Kosovar descent, midfielder for Basel, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Stoke City, Liverpool, Lyon and Chicago.
Xherdan
Shaqiri
Legendary Formula 1 driver from Fribourg, died in a race crash at Brands Hatch in 1971, aged 35.
Jo
Siffert
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