Alex Baumann (born 9 March 1985) is a Swiss

bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...

der who has competed since 2007. His first

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victory came on 13 November 2009 in the two-man event at

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in Park City. At the 2014 Olympics Baumann won a silver medal in doubles, together with

Beat Hefti Beat Hefti (born 3 February 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he has won a total of four Olympic medals. A gold medal in Sochi ( two-man, 2014), two bronze medals in Torino ( ...

, and finished in eighth place in the four-man event.

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* * * 1985 births Living people Swiss male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Sportspeople from Appenzell Ausserrhoden 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub