Cédric Grand (born 14 January 1976) is a Swiss

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

who competed from 1997 to 2010. Competing in four

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were hel ...

, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Turin in

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 FIFA ...

. He was born in Geneva. Grand also won four medals at the

FIBT World Championships The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, championships of non-Winter Olympic ...

with two golds (two-man:

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, four-man:

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) and two silvers (two-man:

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, mixed team: 2009). Prior to his bobsledding career he competed in track and field. He was the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

bronze medallist at the 1993 European Youth Olympic Days.1993 European Youth Olympics
World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2014-11-25. He is the Switzerland record holder indoor over

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior ath ...

with 6.60 seconds.

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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964

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"Cédric Grand retired"
International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. (14 October 2010 article accessed 19 October 2010.) 1976 births Living people Swiss male bobsledders Swiss male sprinters Olympic bobsledders of Switzerland Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Geneva 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub