Max Rüegg

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{{MedalSport|Bobsleigh}}

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

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

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

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

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Max Rüegg is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1980s. He won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold (Two-man: 1982, a silver (Two-man: 1983) and two bronzes (Four-man: 1981, 1982).

He is the brother of Tony Rüegg and the uncle of Reto Rüegg, Ivo Rüegg and Ralph Rüegg, all of whom have also competed in bobsleigh.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/startseite/article8LY54-1.196252 |title=Die Nacheiferer von Onkel Max |last=Hug |first=Hans|date=9 January 2003|website=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|location=Zurich|language=German |accessdate=28 January 2014}}

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090127015546/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]

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Category:Living people

Category:Swiss male bobsledders

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen

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