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FIBT World Championships 1985
The FIBT World Championships 1985 took place in Cervinia, Italy for the third time, having hosted the event previously in 1971 and 1975. Except for competitions in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, it would be the last time a championship would be hosted on a naturally refrigerated track with all other competitions taking place on artificially refrigerated ones. Two man bobsleigh The Soviets Soviet people ( rus, сове́тский наро́д, r=sovyétsky naród), or citizens of the USSR ( rus, гра́ждане СССР, grázhdanye SSSR), was an umbrella demonym for the population of the Soviet Union. Nationality policy in th ... earned their first medal at these championships. Four man bobsleigh Medal table References2-Man bobsleigh World Champions {{Bobsleigh-Skeleton World Championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cervinia
Breuil-Cervinia (french: Breuil; it, Cervinia; Valdôtain: ) is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Valtournenche, and is considered one of the most renowned winter and summer tourist resorts in the Alps. Etymology The name of ''Breuil-Cervinia'' is a fusion of two terms: ''Breuil'', in French, the original name of the place before the tourist settlement was built, derived from Valdôtain dialect ''Breuill'' indicating a marshy mountain terrain, a very common toponym throughout the Aosta Valley; and ''Cervinia'', the toponym that was given the town following the process of italianization of placenames in the Aosta Valley wanted by the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), fascist government, referring to the Cervin (fr.) or Cervino (it.), the Matterhorn. Geography Breuil-Cervinia lies at above sea level, at the foot of the Matterhorn, in the Valtournenche valley and surrounded by the Jumeaux, the Château des Dames, the Furggen and the Grandes Murailles summits. It shares a ski area w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Sports Competitions Hosted By Italy
International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The Three Degrees album), 1975 *''International'', 2018 album by L'Algérino Songs * The Internationale, the left-wing anthem * "International" (Chase & Status song), 2014 * "International", by Adventures in Stereo from ''Monomania'', 2000 * "International", by Brass Construction from ''Renegades'', 1984 * "International", by Thomas Leer from ''The Scale of Ten'', 1985 * "International", by Kevin Michael from ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * "International", by McGuinness Flint from ''McGuinness Flint'', 1970 * "International", by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from '' Dazzle Ships'', 1983 * "International (Serious)", by Estelle from '' All of Me'', 2012 Politics * Political international, any transnational organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 In Bobsleigh
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches ''Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States space exploration programs, United States or the Soviet space program, Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is Brazilian presidential election, 1985, elected president of Brazil by the National Congress of Brazil, Congress, ending the Military dictatorship in Brazil, 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan, privately sworn in for a second term as Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States. * January 27 – The Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBSF World Championships
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IBSF World Championship may refer to: *IBSF World Snooker Championship *IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton) The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, championships of non-Winter Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rico Freiermuth
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. 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 Ivo Rüegg (born 15 April 1971) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed between 1996 and 2010. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 2009, Four-man: 2007), two silvers Two-man: 2007, Mixed team: 2009), and a bronz .... References External links Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 1958 births Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Living people Swiss male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in bobsleigh People from Liestal Medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urs Salzmann
Urs Salzmann (born 3 July 1954) 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. Salzmann also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1982 and a bronze in 1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a .... References Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 1954 births Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Living people Swiss male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Stettler
Heinz Stettler (March 1, 1952 in Regensdorf - May 24, 2006) was 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. Stettler also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1982 and a bronze in 1985. He was also active in track and field, excelling in the shot put and discus throw. Stettler died of a heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ... in 2006. References Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964* German Wikipedia article on Stettler 1952 births 2006 deaths Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Swiss male shot putters Swiss male discus throwers Swiss male bobsledder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Giobellina
Silvio Giobellina (born 28 February 1954) is a Switzerland, 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. Giobellina also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in FIBT World Championships 1982, 1982 and a bronze in FIBT World Championships 1985, 1985. References Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 1954 births Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Living people Swiss male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthias Legler
Matthias Legler is an East German bobsledder who competed in the mid-1980s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1985 FIBT World Championships in Cervinia Breuil-Cervinia (french: Breuil; it, Cervinia; Valdôtain: ) is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Valtournenche, and is considered one of the most renowned winter and summer tourist resorts in the Alps. Etymology The name of ''Breuil-Cervini .... ReferencesBobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 German male bobsledders Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodo Ferl
Bodo Ferl (born 20 January 1963) is an East German bobsledder who competed from the mid to late 1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1985 and a bronze in 1989. Ferl also finished eighth in the four-man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin .... References External linksBobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 1963 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietmar Jerke
Dietmar Jerke is an East German bobsledder who competed in the 1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1985 and a bronze in 1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid .... ReferencesBobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 German male bobsledders Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
