Brian Shimer (born April 20, 1962) is an American

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der who competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in five

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

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. Shimer also won three bronze medals at the

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with one in the two-man event (

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) and two in the four-man event (

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, 1997). He won the 1992–3 Bobsleigh World Cup championships both in the four-man and the combined men's events. Shimer retired after the

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and became head coach of the US men's

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team. After the

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changed its coaching structure in May 2014 Shimer became head coach for both the men's and women's teams.

References

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

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080409025356/http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-4.html List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985

CNN Sports Illustrated profile of 2002 US bobsled team

IOC profile

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