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With this motto, he succeeded in becoming a celebrated Swiss wrestler who was at the pin- nacle of his sport at a young age without much training. This was until he suffered a setback in
1986 at the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival: Contrary to all expectations, he failed to win a wreath. “At this point I realised I had to make a choice: either stop or continue and really push on.” His ambition was awakened – Hasler began to work with the latest training methods, honing his muscles and technique for 20 hours a week during both the summer and winter. In order to finance his family’s living costs, he always worked full-time as well. His job as an animal feed consultant in the field service at least gave him a certain degree of flexibility that allowed him to combine his sporting
He shares with us that he took the cash value of the bulls awarded to him whenever he came out on top. His other trophies, namely wreaths, bells, tables and chests, are displayed in a room at his home in Galgenen in the canton of Schwyz.
with only one elite title miss-
ing from his palmarès: Despite
twice being the heavy favourite
in the final round of the Swiss
Wrestling and Alpine Festival, he
missed out on the crown on both
occasions, with controversial ref-
erees’ decision also playing their
part. “It wasn’t meant to be,” he says laconically, emphasising his competitive side in the process:
with Maerki Baumann,” he says with a laugh. The two did eventually strike up a relationship after all. In 1999, Eugen Hasler ended his career as an active sportsman after a chronic illness made it difficult for him to compete at the top level. Through a personal contact, he applied for a job at Maerki Baumann and today, as Head of
Services, he and his team take care of the pri- vate bank’s infrastructure, building maintenance, security, post and archives (see page 5).
While Eugen Hasler now only makes his way onto the sawdust for demonstration purposes, he is still one of the driving forces on the Swiss wrestling scene. For the next Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival, which is set to take place in 2025 in Mollis in the canton of Glarus, he is a member of the organising committee and responsible for the sporting department. He started this work in this role immediately after the festival in Pratteln in August of this year.
“While the defeats were bitter, they motivated me to work even harder.” He values his triumph at the Kilchberger Schwinget Swiss wrestling festival in 1990 as his most prized victory.
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portrait
activities and career.
He won almost everything,
“Defeats motivated me to work even harder.” Eugen Hasler
Unlike today, the top Swiss wres- tlers at that time did not become rich. This is because advertising and sponsorship were forbidden. When Eugen Hasler once took the liberty of posing in the “Blick” newspaper with the logo of his equipment supplier, he was im- mediately threatened with a ban by the association. “Otherwise, I could have opened an account
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