Erich Schärer

Erich Schärer

Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
	1980 Lake Placid	Two-man
	1976 Innsbruck	Four-man
	1980 Lake Placid	Four-man
	1976 Innsbruck	Two-man
World Championships
	1971 Cervinia	Four-man
	1973 Lake Placid	Four-man
	1975 Cervinia	Four-man
	1978 Lake Placid	Two-man
	1979 Königssee	Two-man
	1982 St. Moritz	Two-man
	1986 Königssee	Four-man
	1977 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1978 Lake Placid	Four-man
	1983 Lake Placid	Two-man
	1979 Königssee	Four-man
	1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
	1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
	1982 St. Moritz	Four-man

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

• Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964 Archived 2018-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• Brainyhistory.com profile
• Erich Schärer at databaseOlympics.com^{[dead link]}

External links

• Erich Schärer at Olympedia
• Erich Schärer at Olympics.com

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