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Erich Schärer

{{Short description|Swiss bobsledder (born 1946)}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's Bobsleigh}}

{{MedalCountry| {{SUI}}}}

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{{MedalGold|1980 Lake Placid|Two-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1976 Innsbruck|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1980 Lake Placid|Four-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1976 Innsbruck|Two-man}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold|1971 Cervinia|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1973 Lake Placid|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1975 Cervinia|Four-man}}

{{MedalGold|1978 Lake Placid|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1979 Königssee|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1982 St. Moritz|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1986 Königssee|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1977 St. Moritz|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1978 Lake Placid|Four-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1983 Lake Placid|Two-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1979 Königssee|Four-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo|Two-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo|Four-man}}

{{MedalBronze|1982 St. Moritz|Four-man}}

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Erich Schärer (born 1 September 1946 in Zurich) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (Two-man: 1980), two silvers (Four-man: 1976, 1980), and one bronze (Two-man: 1976).

Schärer also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with seven golds (Two-man: 1978, 1979, 1982; Four-man: 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986), three silvers (Two-man: 1983, Four-man: 1977, 1978), and four bronzes (Two-man: 1981, Four-man: 1979, 1981, 1982). The first two titles he won as pusher in the team of driver René Stadler before a became a driver himself.

References

  • [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003134007/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html |date=2018-10-03 }}
  • [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323143804/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html |date=2019-03-23 }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
  • [http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1946/september_1_1946_107239.html Brainyhistory.com profile]
  • [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=SCHÄRERI01 Erich Schärer at databaseOlympics.com]{{dead link|date=July 2023}}

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  • {{Olympics.com profile|erich-scharer}}

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Category:1946 births

Category:Bobsledders at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Category:Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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Category:Swiss male bobsledders

Category:Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland

Category:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh

Category:Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Category:Bobsledders from Zurich

Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen

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