Robert Olesen
{{short description|American bobsledder}}
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Robert Olesen (11 June 1967) is an American bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s. At the 1997 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz, he won bronze medals in both the two-man and the four-man events.
At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Olesen finished seventh in the two-man event and 12th in the four-man event.
Olesen is currently the Head Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country coach at University of North Carolina Charlotte.
References
- [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.todor66.com/olim/1998w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1998 bobsleigh two-man results]
- [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1998w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html 1998 bobsleigh four-man results]
- [http://www.charlotte49ers.com/sports/c-track/mtt/olesen_robert00.html UNC Charlotte Team Roster - Coach Robert Olesen]
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Category:American male bobsledders
Category:Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Olympic bobsledders for the United States
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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