Swiss bobsledder
Ralph Pichler (born 20 April 1954 in Thun , Bern ) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the 1980s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 1983 , 1987 ), one silver (Two-man: 1986 ), and two bronzes (Four-man: 1986, 1987).
Pichler also finished sixth in the two-man event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , alongside his partner Rico Freiermuth .[1]
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1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian , Sebastian Huber ) 1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană , Dumitru Hubert ) 1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim , Vasile Dumitrescu ) 1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt , Emil Diener ) 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy , Brian Black ) 1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer , Rolf Thielecke ) 1939: Belgium (René Lunden , Jeans Coops ) 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Stephan Waser ) 1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich , Friedrich Waller ) 1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Stephan Waser ) 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler , Lorenz Nieberl ) 1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich , Fritz Stöckli ) 1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier , Andrea Zambelli ) 1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Harry Warburton ) 1957–60: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Renzo Alverà ) 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes ) 1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti , Enrico de Lorenzo ) 1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes ) 1965: Great Britain (Tony Nash , Robin Dixon ) 1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes ) 1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler , Reinhold Durnthaler ) 1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo , Adriano Frassinelli ) 1970: West Germany (Horst Floth , Pepi Bader ) 1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari , Mario Armano ) 1973–74: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer , Peter Utzschneider ) 1975: Italy (Giorgio Alverà , Franco Perruquet ) 1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand , Heinz Meier ) 1978–79: Switzerland (Erich Schärer , Joseph Benz ) 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen , Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt ) 1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer , Max Rüegg ) 1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler , Urs Leuthold ) 1985–86: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , Dietmar Schauerhammer ) 1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler , Celeste Poltera ) 1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , Bogdan Musioł ) 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder , Bruno Gerber ) 1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner , Markus Zimmermann ) 1993: Germany (Christoph Langen , Peer Joechel ) 1995: Germany (Christoph Langen , Olaf Hampel ) 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann ) 1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi , Guido Acklin ) 1999: Italy (Günther Huber , Enrico Costa , Ubaldo Ranzi ) 2000: Germany (Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann ) 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen , Marco Jakobs ) 2003: Germany (André Lange , Kevin Kuske ) 2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders , Giulio Zardo ) 2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders , Lascelles Brown ) 2007–08: Germany (André Lange , Kevin Kuske ) 2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg , Cédric Grand ) 2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov , Alexey Voyevoda ) 2012: United States (Steven Holcomb , Steven Langton ) 2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Jannis Bäcker ) 2015–20: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis ) 2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Alexander Schüller ) 2023: Germany (Johannes Lochner , Georg Fleischhauer ) 2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Alexander Schüller )
