Gustav Weder

Gustav Weder

Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
	1992 Albertville	Two-man
	1994 Lillehammer	Two-man
	1994 Lillehammer	Four-man
	1992 Albertville	Four-man
World Championships
	1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
	1990 St. Moritz	Two-man
	1990 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1993 Igls	Four-man
	1989 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
	1991 Altenberg	Two-man
	1991 Altenberg	Four-man
	1993 Igls	Two-man
World Cup Championships
	1988-89	Combined
	1988-89	Two-man
	1990-91	Combined
	1990-91	Four-man
	1988-89	Four-man
	1990-91	Two-man
	1991-92	Combined
	1991-92	Two-man
	1991-92	Four-man
	1992-93	Combined
	1992-93	Two-man

Gustav Weder (born 2 August 1961 in Diepoldsau) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two gold (Two-man: 1992, 1994), one silver (Four-man: 1994), and one bronze (Four-man: 1992).

Weder also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with four golds (Two-man: 1990, Four-man: 1989, 1990, 1993) and four silvers (Two-man: 1989, 1991, 1993; Four-man: 1991).

He was also a Bobsleigh World Cup champion four times (Combined men's: 1988-9, 1990-1; Two-man: 1988-9, Four-man: 1990-1).

Known for his intensity, Weder would videotape every one of his bobsleigh runs he raced on and study those videos for hours. It was so intense that Weder was caught one night during the FIBT World Championships 1990 in St. Moritz scrapping ice off of a difficult corner on the track. Bobsleigh officials allowed him to compete, and he won his second world championship in the four-man Event.

After studies in Switzerland and Canada, Weder finished his education with a PhD with Arnd Krüger in Social Sciences at the University of Göttingen. He has been working in Human Resources for major Swiss companies.

References

• Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964^{[dead link]}
• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964^{[dead link]}
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• Gustav Weder at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007
• List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
• List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
• Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh: Two-Man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 159.

External links

• Gustav Weder at Olympedia
• Gustav Weder at Olympics.com

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