Swiss-Canadian Wrestler Thomas Badat Returns To Switzerland For Schwingfest - SWI Swissinfo.Ch

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Thomas Badat is one of six North American wrestlers taking part in the 2025 Federal Wrestling and Alpine Games Festival (Schwingfest) this weekend. This content was published on August 29, 2025 - 09:15 1 minute

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Born to Swiss parents in Quebec, Badat now co-runs a fencing business in Kingsey Falls. This year marks his third appearance at the Schwingfest.

He spoke to Swissinfo during a training session in Schänis about the challenges of practising Swiss wrestling – or Schwingen – in Canada, where hardly anyone has heard of it and there's only one club.

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