{"id":5795,"date":"2025-08-13T15:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialolympics.ch\/personen\/werner-augsburger\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T09:46:57","slug":"werner-augsburger","status":"publish","type":"soswi_persons","link":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/people\/werner-augsburger\/","title":{"rendered":"Werner Augsburger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-05a2a08a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an experienced personality from Swiss sports, Werner Augsburger brings valuable expertise to the foundation. He was a professional volleyball player himself at VBC Leysin and part of the Swiss national team. His professional career ideally combines sports and management: for example, he was Sales Manager at Rossignol, Technical Director and Chef de Mission at Swiss Olympic, Director of the Ice Hockey National League, Sports Director at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and most recently CEO of Swiss Volley. Currently, he is involved in various boards of directors, serves as a delegate for UNICEF Switzerland  Liechtenstein, and manages selected mandates in moderation and consulting through his auXi GmbH.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also heads the Sports Commission, a body of central importance for the strategic development of the sports sector at Special Olympics. A particular focus of his work will be on strengthening relations with Swiss Olympic and the national sports federations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I am committed to the vision of Special Olympics, because sport \u2013 regardless of the performance level \u2013 can contribute a great deal to a resilient society in Switzerland.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/auftrag_wearepepper_ipw3067-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling man in a pink polo shirt\" class=\"wp-image-3463\" style=\"border-radius:20px;aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/auftrag_wearepepper_ipw3067-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/auftrag_wearepepper_ipw3067-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/auftrag_wearepepper_ipw3067-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/auftrag_wearepepper_ipw3067-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/auftrag_wearepepper_ipw3067-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4941,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Werner Augsburger: Sports expert and visionary at Special Olympics","_seopress_titles_desc":"Experienced figure in Swiss sports, committed to Special Olympics and strengthening relationships with Swiss Olympic and sports associations.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"inline_featured_image":false},"soswi_persons_areas":[103,187],"class_list":["post-5795","soswi_persons","type-soswi_persons","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","soswi_persons_areas-foundation-board","soswi_persons_areas-sports-commission"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_persons\/5795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_persons"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/soswi_persons"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"soswi_persons_areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soswi.compresso.website\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/soswi_persons_areas?post=5795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}