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Gatis Gūts is a former Latvian bobsleigh pilot who had competed since 1994. Currently he is one of the coaches of Latvian bobsleigh team. His two last seasons have seen him twice in the top ten in the World Cup, both times with co-pilot Intars Dīcmanis. He also competed at the 10 World Championships.Best result in World Championships in Lake Placid 2003 where he and Intars Dīcmanis finished 5th in two man sled. Best World Cup in 4man was fourth.
The bobsleigh competitions of the Lillehammer 1994 Olympics were held at the Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh and Luge Track between 19 and 27 February 1994.
Carsten Embach is a German bobsledder who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 1994.
Christian Reich is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Steve Anderhub at Salt Lake City in 2002.
Donat Acklin is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two gold, one silver, and one bronze.
Gustav Weder is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two gold, one silver, and one bronze.
Günther Huber is an Italian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. Before taking up bobsledding, he had originally started his sporting career in luge, with his most notable result being a third place in doubles in the 1982 World Junior Luge Championships: he switched to bobsleigh in 1988.
Harald Czudaj is a German former bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He competed in three Winter Olympics and won a gold medal in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994.
Christoph Langen is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two golds and two bronzes.
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.
The Jamaica national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsleighing competitions. The men's team debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games four-man bobsleigh in Calgary, Alberta, was received as underdogs in a cold weather sport represented by a nation with a tropical environment. Jamaica returned to the Winter Olympics in the two-man bobsleigh in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, and 2022; a women's team debuted in 2018.
David "Eli" MacEachern was a two-sport athlete from Canada. He was a Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he and Pierre Lueders won the gold medal in the two-man event at Nagano in 1998. He was also a soccer player that competed at the university level as well as national competitions. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
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.
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.
Martin Schützenauer is an Austrian bobsledder and athlete who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade).
Enrico Costa is an Italian bobsledder who competed from 1994 to the early 2000s. He won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1999 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Costa also competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, finishing 14th in the two-man event and 20th in the four-man event.
The FIBT World Championships 2008 ran February 11–24, 2008 in Altenberg, Germany for the fifth time, having done so in 1991 (bobsleigh), 1994 (skeleton), 1999 (skeleton), and 2000. It is the first time Altenberg has hosted all of those events at one championship, and also includes the mixed team event that debuted at the 2007 championships. Training for the events took place February 12–14 for two-man and two-woman bobsleigh, and February 19–20 for skeleton and four-man bobsleigh.
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.
Lenox "Lenny" Paul is a British bobsledder who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994. He also served in the British armed forces. He then mentored young people in Ipswich, Suffolk, England at Copleston High School.
Jiří Džmura is a Czechoslovakian-Czech bobsledder who competed from the early 1990s to 2005. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of seventh in the two-man event at Lillehammer in 1994.
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