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At the 1928 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the five man event. The competition was held on Saturday, 18 February 1928.
Trinidad and Tobago sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was the nation's debut appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of two bobsledders, Gregory Sun and Curtis Harry. In the two-man competition, they finished in 37th place.
Trinidad and Tobago sent a delegation to compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 7–22 February 1998. This was the nation's second time appearing at a Winter Olympic Games. The delegation to Nagano consisted of two bobsledders; Gregory Sun and Curtis Harry. In the two-man competition, they finished in 32nd place.
Armenia sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was Armenia's first time competing at the Winter Olympic Games as an independent nation. The Armenian delegation consisted of two bobsledders, the Armenian-Americans Ken Topalian and Joe Almasian. They competed as a team in the two-man competition, where they finished in 36th place.
Emmanuel Hostache was a French bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998. Hostache was born at La Mure, in south-eastern France.
Charles Ernest Whistler "Christopher" Mackintosh was a Scottish rugby union internationalist, athlete, skier and bobsledder who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He won a gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1938 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Mackintosh also became Chairman of the Henry Lunn Alpine Tours company and President of both the Downhill Only Ski Club Wengen (1958-1964) and the Amateur Inter-Ski Club, the Kandahar Ski Club.
René Stadler is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1970s. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds and one bronze (1970). He also competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Max Forster is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1970s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1971 and a bronze in 1970. He also competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Kurt Poletti is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1983 and a silver in 1981.
Rolf Strittmatter is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1980s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1983 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. He competed as an athlete at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the men's 4 × 400 m relay.
Erwin Fassbind is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s. He won two gold medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 1986 and 1987. He also competed in the four man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Urs Fehlmann is a Swiss bobsledder who won competed during the 1980s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1987 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. He also competed in the four man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Robert Hargan Storey is a Canadian bobsledder who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s who later became a businessman and chairman of two communication companies in Canada. Storey served as fourth president of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing from 1994 to 2010, and was instrumental in Vancouver being awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics. He went on to marry Catherine Storey and they had three children.
Christian Poser is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2008. His best World Cup finish was first in the four-man event at Calgary in December 2010. Poser competed for Germany at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics.
Jacob Jepsen Barsøe is a Danish rower who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, both in the men's lightweight sculls.
Harold John Catleugh Brown was a British bobsledder and rugby player. He competed in the four-man event at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
André Kiser is a Swiss bobsledder. He competed in the two man and the four man events at the 1988 Winter Olympics. He also won three medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds and one silver.
John Amabile is a Puerto Rican bobsledder. He competed at the 1992, 1994 and the 1998 Winter Olympics. In January 2002, he was sent to jail for seven years, after being found guilty of health insurance fraud.
John-Andrew Kambanis is a Greek bobsledder. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Kasper Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
