Reto Götschi (born 25 December 1965, in
Hausen am Albis) is a
Swiss
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bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate
Guido Acklin
Guido Acklin (born 21 November 1969) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he won a silver medal in the two-man event with his teammate Reto Götschi.
Acklin also won two medals in the two- ...
at the
1994 Winter Olympics
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in
Lillehammer.
Götschi also won a complete set of medals in the two-man event at the
FIBT World Championships
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with a gold in
1997
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, a silver in
2001
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, and a bronze in
1996
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.
His best finish in the
Bobsleigh World Cup
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was second four times (Combined men's: 199495, 199899; Two-man: 199495, 199899).
References
Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964*
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1965 births
Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Swiss male bobsledders
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
20th-century Swiss people
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