A well-known proponent of the axe kick was the late Andy Hug, the Swiss Kyokushinkai Karateka who won the 1996 K-1 Grand Prix.

The Swiss won at Morgarten, Laupen, Sempach, Grandson and Murten, and between 1450 and 1550 every leading prince in Europe hired Swiss pikemen, or emulated their tactics and weapons ( e. g., the German Landsknechte ).

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer won 16 Grand Slam titles to become the most titled player.

The Swiss won a decisive victory against the Empire in the Battle of Dornach on 22 July 1499.

The Swiss have won more medals than any other nation, and since the 1990s Germans have been dominant in international competition.

During his career, he won no less than 14 Swiss Allround Championships.

Influenced from an early age by the Swiss modernist, Le Corbusier, Tange gained international recognition in 1949 when he won the competition for the design of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

Lys Assia ( born Rosa Mina Schärer, 3 March 1926, Rupperswil, Aargau, Switzerland ) is a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.

Maximilian Schell ( born 8 December 1930 ) is an Austrian-born Swiss actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Judgment at Nuremberg in 1961.

Currently, some circulating coins, such as the United States Jefferson nickel ( 5 ¢), the Swiss franc, and the South Korean 500 and 100 won are made of solid cupronickel ( 75 / 25 ratio ).

Near the southern shore of the lake of Ägeri is the site of the famous Battle of Morgarten, won by the Swiss in 1315.

They play at the Stadio Cornaredo and won the Swiss title in 1938, 1941 and 1949 and the Swiss Cup in 1931, 1968 and 1993.

They play at the Elvetico gym, won the Swiss Cup in 2011 and have been Swiss LNA Champions in 2000, 2001, 2006 and 2010.

She won numerous prizes for her sporting achievements and was the first woman to climb many of the peaks in the French and Swiss Alps.

In 1998 the Swiss architect Mario Botta won the competition for the new wing of the headquarters, the building was completed in 2001.

He was André Masséna's right hand all through the Swiss campaign of 1799, first as a general of division, then as chief of staff, and won extraordinary distinction at the Battle of Zürich.

Originating in Ibach, Switzerland, the Swiss Army knife was first produced in 1891 after the company Karl Elsener, which later became Victorinox, won the contract to produce the Swiss Army's Modell 1890 knife from the previous German manufacturer.

Victorinox won the contest with a knife based on the One-Hand Germany Army Knife as issued by the German Bundeswehr and released in the civilian model lineup as the One-Hand Trailmaster / Trekker model and started mass production of the new Soldatenmesser 08 ( Soldier Knife 08 ) for the Swiss Armed Forces in December 2008.

He also won the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, defeating Goran Ivanišević in a five-set final.

In November 2009 this ban won the majority vote ( 57. 5 %) and became an amendment to the Swiss Constitution.

It won 4 seats ( out of 200 ) in the Swiss National Council, but was represented in neither the second chamber nor in the Swiss Federal Council, the government's cabinet.

After the success of the 1976 – 77 season, Basel endured two seasons of below-par performances and mid-table finishes until glory returned in in 1980, as Basel won the Nationalliga A title through the playoff.

Brolin joined the Swiss club on 20 August 1996 and played three matches for FC Zürich in the Nationalliga A and one Swiss Cup match against lowly Uzwil, which FC Zürich won with a 10 – 0 scoreline.

After two years with Jokerit, Metropolit moved to Switzerland where he won the Nationalliga A championship with HC Lugano.

In 1961 the first important legislative victory of the Kennedy Administration came when the principle of national responsibility for local economic distress won out over a `` state's-responsibility '' proposal -- provision was made for payment for unemployment relief by nation-wide taxation rather than by a levy only on those states afflicted with manpower surplus.

In 1952, it will be remembered, the G.O.P. without positive program campaigned on the popular disillusionment with liberal leadership and won overwhelmingly.

His `` monumental '' abstraction, made up of smooth, metallic `` non-objects '' acting upon each other with great tension, won Helion much acclaim during the 'thirties.

When the troupe traveled to New York to participate in a one-act-play competition -- and won -- Mercer, instead of returning with the rest of the company in triumph, remained in New York.

If the party of Adenauer and Erhart, with 45 per cent of the vote, approaches the party of Willy Brandt, which won 36 per cent, the result would be a stiffening of the old resolve.

Both won a pretty fair-sized war with a modest assist from British strategy.

No sooner had Betsey come out of the ring than Mrs. Long walked into the Working Competition with Ch. Cadet or Noranda, another home-bred product, and won!!

Toying with her field in the early stages, Garden Fresh was asked for top speed only in the stretch by Jockey Philip Grimm and won by a length and a half in 1.24 3-5 for the 7 furlongs.

The Texans won the game through ball control, with Quarterback Cotton Davidson throwing only 17 passes.

Turk Lown was tagged with the loss, his second against no victories, while Ray Moore won his second game against a single loss.

So he picked up a stroke with the provisional ball and won the tournament by the margin of that stroke.

A cookie with caramel filling and chocolate frosting won $25,000 for a Minneapolis housewife in the 13th annual Pillsbury Bake-Off Tuesday.

For the army of compulsive eaters -- from the nibblers and the gobblers to the downright gluttons -- reducing is a war with the will that is rarely won.

She was almost sick when Bobbie came home with the news that Poor John had won the job.

Douglas won Missouri, and split New Jersey with Lincoln.

Apollo's role as the slayer of the Python led to his association with battle and victory ; hence it became the Roman custom for a paean to be sung by an army on the march and before entering into battle, when a fleet left the harbour, and also after a victory had been won.

In the latter, President José Eduardo dos Santos won the first round election with more than 49 % of the vote to Jonas Savimbi's 40 %.

Just a case or two, just one case more – the Prima Donna ’ s farewell performance won ’ t be in it with yours, Poirot.

He won the 1971 Alekhine Memorial in Moscow ( equal with Leonid Stein ), ahead of a star-studded field, for his first significant adult victory.

It was won by Georges Bouton of the De Dion-Bouton Company, in a car he had constructed with Albert, the Comte de Dion, but as he was the only competitor to show up it is rather difficult to call it a race.

The rain-affected Third Test ended with the last two Australian batsmen holding out for a draw and England won the Fourth Test by three wickets after forcing Australia to follow-on for the first time in 191 Tests.

With several England players having retired or been injured after the 2005 series, Australia regained The Ashes in the 2006 – 07 series with a convincing 5 – 0 victory, the second time an Ashes series has been won by that margin.

Trained by his father who was a lace designer, Boucher won fame with his sensuous and light-hearted mythological paintings and landscapes.

The Liberals won, and Mackenzie remained prime minister until the 1878 election when Macdonald's Conservatives returned to power with a majority government.

According to Ben Pimlott, biographer of Queen Elizabeth II, the Aga Khan presented Her Majesty with a filly called Astrakhan, who won at Hurst Park Racecourse in 1950.