Allyn Condon is an English former sprinter and bobsleigher. At the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 he became the seventh person to have competed for Great Britain in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games having already competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
René Hoppe is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1998. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Kevin Kuske, André Lange, and Martin Putze.
Alexei Nikolayevich Seliverstov is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 1996. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Philippe Egorov, Alexandre Zoubkov, and Alexey Voevoda at Turin in 2006.
Max Houben was a Belgian versatile athlete who competed from the early 1920s until his death at the 1949 FIBT World Championships. He won a silver medal in the four-man bobsled event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, and was the oldest medalist at the Winter Olympics until Canadian Russ Howard won a gold medal in men's curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Bruno Mingeon is a French bobsledder who competed from 1988 to 2006. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998. He was born in Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
Raimund Bethge is an East German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He took up the sport in 1975. He won a complete set of medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in four-man (1977), a silver in two-man (1978, and a bronze in four-man. He also took a silver in the European Championships in 1978 in the four-man event. Bethge also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, finishing fourth in the four-man event and seventh in the two-man event.
Alexander Metzger is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1998. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.
Christoph Heyder is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1997. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 2004 FIBT World Championships in Königssee.
Ken Kotyk from Rama, Saskatchewan is a Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2003. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005.
Morgan Alexander is a Canadian bobsledder who competed from 2002 to 2006. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary. Alexander also finished fourth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Lee Johnston is an English bobsledder who debuted in 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the two-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002.
Matthias Höpfner is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1995. He won two medals at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany with a gold in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event and a bronze in the four-man event.
Daumants Dreiškens is a Latvian bobsledder, brakeman, who has competed since 2003.
Christian Aebli is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 1998. He finished eighth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Andreas "Andi" Gees is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2006. He earned two Bobsleigh World Cup victories in the four-man event.
Slaven Krajačić is a Croatian sportsperson. He started his career as a sprinter specializing in the 100 metres, and competed at the 2000 Olympic Games. Since 2003, he has competed as a bobsledder, competing in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of 20th in the four-man event at Vancouver in 2010.
For the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, a total of eight sports venues were used. All of the venues used were new or rebuilt. To make use of television coverage for the first time in the Winter Olympics, the cross-country skiing stadium was constructed to allow the best coverage. Five of the venues used for these games would appear in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only twenty-five years later.
For the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, in the United States, a total of five sports venues were used. Except for the Palisades Tahoe, all of the venues had to be constructed. For the first time in Winter Olympic history, a temporary venue was constructed at McKinney Creek for biathlon, cross-country skiing, and Nordic combined. A bobsleigh track was not constructed over the guarantees from the FIBT not being able to field the minimum twelve teams needed to compete, making it the only time bobsleigh has not been included in the Winter Olympics.
Arvis Vilkaste is a Latvian bobsledder, brakeman who has competed since 2010.
Hisashi Miyazaki is a Japanese retired bobsledder and track and field sprinter.
