The young professionals won gold medals in six areas, along with three silver and two bronze medals.
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Switzerland won 11 medals at the European Skills Championships in Herning, Denmark. The Swiss Skills Foundation announced on Saturday evening that it had won the competition once again.
The young professionals won gold medals in six areas, while Switzerland also took three silver and two bronze medals, Swiss Skills said in a press release.
The gold medals were won by four participants in the fields of fashion and technology, entrepreneurship and business development, truck and bus technology and heavy vehicle technology, as well as in the carpentry and painting professions.
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