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Hans Hiltebrand

{{Short description|Swiss bobsledder (born 1945)}}

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{{MedalGold|1977 St. Moritz|Two-man}}

{{MedalGold|1987 St. Moritz|Four-man}}

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

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

{{MedalSilver|1987 St. Moritz|Four-man}}

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Hans Hiltebrand (born 18 January 1945) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 1977, Four-man: 1987) and three silvers (Two-man: 1982, 1987; Four-man: 1981.

Competing in three Winter Olympics, Hiltebrand earned his best finish of fourth in the two-man event at Lake Placid in 1980.

Following his retirement, he coached Canada's bobsleigh from 1989 to the 1998 Winter Olympics. Afterwards he became a well known bobsleigh designer.

Hiltebrand is still active in his bobsleigh club in Zurich as of 2007.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1984w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1984 bobsleigh two-man results]
  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1988 bobsleigh two-man results]
  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html 1988 bobsleigh four-man results]
  • [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]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20010115235800/http://www.canoe.com/SlamNaganoBobsledArchive/feb8_buffery.html Canoe.ca article featuring Hiltebrand for the 1998 Winter Olympics]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200949/http://www.bobsleigh.ca/Content/Our%20Sports/Bobsleigh%20History.asp History of bobsleigh in Canada featuring Hiltebrand]
  • [http://www.schindlermetalworks.com/bio.htm Schindler Metal Works of Houston, TX on president's work with Hiltebrand's bobsleighs]
  • Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 559, 562.

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Category:Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Category:Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Category:Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Category:Living people

Category:Swiss male bobsledders

Category:1945 births

Category:Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland

Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen

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