Personal information | |
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Nationality | Swiss |
Born | 1 January 1982 42) | (age
Sport | |
Country | Switzerland |
Sport | Bobsleding |
Turned pro | 2005 |
Juerg Egger (born 1 January 1982) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 2005. His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in the four-man event at Cesana Pariol in January 2008.
Egger's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was eighth in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 2007.
Pierre Fritz Lueders is a Canadian Olympic, world and World Cup champion bobsledder who competed from 1990 to 2010. He piloted both two-man and four-man bobsleigh, retiring after the 2010 Winter Olympics. He was named to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.
Mihails Arhipovs is a former Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the four-man event at Vancouver in 2010.
Sandis Prūsis is a Latvian bobsleigh coach and former bobsledder. Starting his career in the 1980s, he competed professionally from 1990 to 2003. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish in the two-man event at Nagano in 1998, he got fifth place. Prūsis's best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second two times, all in the four-man event.
Arend Dirk Glas is a Dutch bobsledder who has competed between 1992 and 2006.
Franz Schelle was a West German bobsledder who competed from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Schelle's best finish was fifth in the four-man event at Innsbruck in 1964.
Hans Hiltebrand is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds and three silvers (Two-man: 1982, 1987; Four-man: 1981.
Peter Kienast was an Austrian bobsledder who competed during the 1980s. He was born in Ellbögen, Tyrol. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1986 FIBT World Championships in Königssee. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Kienast earned his best finish of sixth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988. In the 1987-88 Bobsleigh World Cup, he tied for overall champion in the four-man event with fellow Austrian Ingo Appelt.
Hubert Schösser is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1990s. He won two silver medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 1993 and 1995.
Ivo Rüegg is a Swiss bobsledder who competed between 1996 and 2010. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds, two silvers Two-man: 2007, Mixed team: 2009), and a bronze.
Mark Tout is an English bobsledder who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, he attended Cambridgeshire High School for Boys from 1972 to 1977. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994.
Alan Charles Henderson is an English-born New Zealand bobsledder who competed from 1990 to 2006.
Yevgeni Sergeyevich Popov is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 1996. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth twice.
Daumants Dreiškens is a Latvian bobsledder, brakeman, who has competed since 2003.
Māris Poikāns is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s for Soviet Union. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1989–90. He also won a bronze medal alongside brakeman Andrei Gorochov in the two-man race at the European Championship in 1990.
Ralph Rüegg is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from 1998 to 2006. He is best known for his third-place finish in the four-man event of the Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 2002-3.
Daniel Schmid is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 1997. His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was third in the two-man event at Igls in January 2007.
Christopher Spring is an Australian-Canadian 4 x Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he competed for Australia in the two-man event. He switched allegiance to Canada later in 2010 and has since competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics for Canada.
Rico Peter is a Swiss bobsledder.
Won Yun-jong is a South Korean bobsledder.
Thorsten Margis is a German bobsledder.