Pierre Musy

Pierry Musy ( born August 25, 1910 in Albeuve; † 21 November 1990 Duedingen ) was a Swiss bob pilot, equestrians, diplomat and high-ranking officer. He was Olympic champion in 1936 in the four-man event and was from 1963 to 1967 head of Swiss Intelligence Service.

Life

Pierry Musy, the oldest of seven children of the later Federal Jean-Marie Musy and Juliette de Meyer, received his education at the Collège Saint -Michel in Fribourg. He then studied law at the University of Bern. From 1931 to 1935 he worked for a bank in Geneva, then to 1939 for the federal banking and domain management. In the Swiss army, he was promoted several times: 1939 to Captain, Major 1946, 1955 and finally in 1965 to colonel to brigadier. Musy was three times commander of a military unit; 1938-1941 of Dragoon squadron 5, 1946-1949 of the Fusilier Battalion 20 and 1959 to 1960 of motorized Dragoons 1 His diplomatic career began in 1951 as a military attaché in Tehran, after which he was military attaché in 1954-1961 Paris. In the Military Department, he headed from 1963 to 1967, the sub-group messages and defense, so was the head of Swiss Intelligence Service.

As an athlete Musy was very versatile. In the 1930s, he was one of the best jumpers in the country. 1934 and 1935 he won the Nations Cup in Hannover. In the winter he went bobsledding. When Bob World Cup 1935 in Igls, he was man and four runner-up, along with Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier and Joseph Beerli. With the same background people he celebrated the greatest success in the following year, winning the gold medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. Musy also took part in the Summer Olympic Games in London in 1948 in part, this time as eventers: In the individual competition he finished in 32nd place, with the team he finished fourth.