Rico Freiermuth (born 1 January 1958 in Liestal, Basel-Land) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the early to mid-1980s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
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Born | Liestal, Basel-Land | 1 January 1958|||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Freiermuth also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1982 and a bronze in 1985.
After his retirement he coached fellow Swiss bobsledder Ivo Rüegg.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Athletic Biography of World Champion Bobsledder Ivo Rüegg". ivo-ruegg.ch. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
External links
edit- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile