Ekkehard Fasser
Ekkehard Fasser (3 September 1952 – 8 April 2021) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1980s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, and Werner Stocker at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.[1]
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1988 Calgary | Four-man |
| World Championships | ||
| 1983 Lake Placid | Four-man |
Fasser also earned a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1983 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
He was Bobsleigh World Cup champion overall in 1985-6 and unofficially in four-man that same year. Fasser died on April 8, 2021.[2][3]
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ekkehard Fasser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- Press (10 April 2021). "Olympic Champion Ekkehard Fasser deceased". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- "Swiss Sliding Online > Home > Ehrenmitglied Ekkehard Fasser verstorben". Swiss Sliding Online (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Ekkehard Fasser 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
External links
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