World Vocational Championships end with 15 medals for Switzerland

Published: Sunday, Sep 15th 2024, 22:40

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Talented Swiss professionals have won 15 medals at the World Skills Championships in Lyon - seven gold, seven silver and one bronze. According to the Swiss, Switzerland finished as the best European nation at the "WorldSkills".

Winning 15 medals means third place in the national rankings, the SwissSkills Foundation announced on Sunday evening. Education Minister Guy Parmelin congratulated the winners on Sunday evening on the short message service X and spoke of an "outstanding result".

The fifteen medal-winning Swiss individual competitors and teams of two come from nine cantons. A particularly high number of medals went to the canton of Bern, namely five. However, there were also three winners each from the cantons of Lucerne and St. Gallen.

With 45 participants, the delegation at WorldSkills in the French city was the largest Swiss representation at such competitions to date. The Swiss competed against young people from other countries in 41 trades. WorldSkills 2024 lasted from September 10 to 15.

At the decentralized WorldSkills 2022, Switzerland won 19 medals in 34 competitions and was also the best European nation at the time. Back then, it won five gold and silver medals and nine bronze medals.

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