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.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | ||
| 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.[1][2]
References
- Press. "Olympic Champion Ekkehard Fasser deceased". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- "Swiss Sliding Online > Home > Ehrenmitglied Ekkehard Fasser verstorben". Swiss Sliding Online (in German). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
External links
- Ekkehard Fasser at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)
- Ekkehard Fasser at Olympedia
- Ekkehard Fasser at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ekkehard Fasser at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Ekkehard Fasser at The-Sports.org
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