Heinz Stettler

{{Short description|Swiss bobsledder (1952–2006)}}

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Heinz Stettler (March 1, 1952 – May 24, 2006) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the early to mid-1980s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

Stettler also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1982 and a bronze in 1985.

He was also active in track and field, excelling in the shot put and discus throw. Stettler died of a heart attack in 2006.

References

  • [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/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
  • German Wikipedia article on Stettler {{in lang|de}}

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Category:1952 births

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Category:Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics

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Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen

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