Fabienne Meyer (born 28 November 1981) is a

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former

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der who has been competing since 2005. She scored her first

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win in a two-woman event at

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, in January 2014. The race also doubled as the women's

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, earning Meyer a gold medal alongside brakewoman

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. Meyer had previously won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 2012. Meyer won the World Junior Championships in Bobsleigh in February 2008. Meyer's best finish at the

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was 6th in the two-woman event at

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, in

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. She competed with Hanne Schenk in the two-woman event at the

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where they finished in tenth place. She also participated in the

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. Meyer retired from competition after the 2013-14 season.

European Championships

*2014

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–

, with

*2012

– Altenberg, with Hanne Schenk

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* 1981 births Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Swiss female bobsledders Sportspeople from Langenthal People from Willisau 21st-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub