Medal record | ||
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Men's bobsleigh | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 1968 Grenoble | Four-man |
European Championships | ||
![]() | 1968 St. Moritz | Four-man |
Walter Andreas Graf (3 March 1937 – 2 February 2021) [1] was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. [2]
Switzerland competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 157 competitors, 148 men and 9 women, took part in 96 events in 17 sports.
Ekkehard Fasser was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1980s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, and Werner Stocker at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Marcel Fässler is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s. Fässler won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier and Werner Stocker at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Switzerland competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 186 competitors, 178 men and 8 women, took part in 98 events in 19 sports.
Joseph Beerli was a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he won a gold medal in the four-man and a silver in the two-man events.
Hans Aichele was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Fritz Feierabend was a Swiss bobsledder who competed at 1936, 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics. He won three silver and two bronze medals in two-man and four-man events.
Arthur Walter Tyler was an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Eduard "Edy" Hubacher is a former Swiss sportsman who competed at both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
Walter Steinbauer was a West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
Friedrich "Fritz" Waller was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. He won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.
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.
Hans Walter was a Swiss rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
Émile Henri Lachapelle was a Swiss rowing coxswain and sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Lorne Kenneth Loomer was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion.
Rolf Graf was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Rolf Graf was a protégé of the Swiss cyclist Ferdinand Kübler.
The men's coxed four event was part of the rowing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition, the fourth appearance of the event, was held from 13 to 17 July 1924 on the river Seine. There were 10 boats from 10 nations, with each nation limited to a single boat in the event. The event was won by Switzerland, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event; the two Swiss victories matched Germany for most among nations to that point. France earned its first medal in the event since 1900 with silver. The United States reached the podium for the second straight Games with a bronze medal. Hans Walter, a member of the Swiss crew in 1920 as well as this year, was the first man to win two medals in the event, and the only one to win two golds.
Walter Loosli (1901–?) was a Swiss coxswain. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with the men's coxed four. In the official Olympic record and the FISA database, he coxed all three races. According to the Sports Reference database, Loosli coxed the first heat and the repechage only and was replaced in the final by Émile Lachapelle. The Swiss team won the final.