Marcel Rohner (sometimes shown as Marcel Röhner; born 21 June 1964, in

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bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the

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in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Markus Nüssli,

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and Beat Seitz. Rohner also won two silver medals in the four-man event at the

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, earning them in

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and

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. In

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, he won the four-man event both in 1996-97 and in 1999-2000, and the combined men's event in 1999-2000.

References

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