Thomas Lamparter (born 9 June 1978) is a
Swiss
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former
bobsled
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der who has competed since 2002. Competing in three
Winter Olympics
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, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at
Turin
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in
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
as part of the crew of
Martin Annen.
Lamparter also won two medals at the
2007 FIBT World Championships in
St. Moritz
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with a gold in the four-man event (piloted by
Ivo Rüegg)
and a bronze at the
bobsleigh
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 Bobslei ...
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skeleton
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mixed team event. Lamparter also enjoyed success as a brakeman in two-man competition alongside
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 ( ...
, with the pair winning
European Championship
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
golds in 2010 and 2013, a World Championship silver in
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, and Bobsleigh World Cup titles in
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
and
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
.
In March 2014 Lamparter announced his retirement from competition.
References
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964*
1978 births
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Swiss male bobsledders
Place of birth missing (living people)
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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