Hans Hiltebrand

Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
	1977 St. Moritz	Two-man
	1987 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
	1982 St. Moritz	Two-man
	1987 St. Moritz	Four-man

Hans Hiltebrand (born 18 January 1945) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 1977, Four-man: 1987) and three silvers (Two-man: 1982, 1987; Four-man: 1981.

Competing in three Winter Olympics, Hiltebrand earned his best finish of fourth in the two-man event at Lake Placid in 1980.

Following his retirement, he coached Canada's bobsleigh from 1989 to the 1998 Winter Olympics. Afterwards he became a well known bobsleigh designer.

Hiltebrand is still active in his bobsleigh club in Zurich as of 2007.

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• 1984 bobsleigh two-man results
• 1988 bobsleigh two-man results
• 1988 bobsleigh four-man results
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• Canoe.ca article featuring Hiltebrand for the 1998 Winter Olympics
• History of bobsleigh in Canada featuring Hiltebrand
• Schindler Metal Works of Houston, TX on president's work with Hiltebrand's bobsleighs
• Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 559, 562.