The Belgian national bobsleigh team represents

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in international

bobsledding Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

competitions. Belgium first gained fame in bobsleighing during their debut at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924, where a Belgian four-man bob acquired the bronze medal.Kubatko, Justin.
Belgium Bobsleigh at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games
. ''Olympics at Sports-Reference.com''. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 August 2011. The second and last Belgian bobsleigh medal at the Winter Olympics so far, also won during a four-man event, was a silver in

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.Kubatko, Justin.
Belgium Bobsleigh at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games
. ''Olympics at Sports-Reference.com''. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 August 2011. After Belgian bobsleighs were absent during 58 years of Winter Olympics, a Belgian delegation of two female bobsleighers (

Elfje Willemsen Elfje Willemsen (born 11 January 1985 in Turnhout) is a Belgian bobsledder who has competed since 2007. Bobsledding career Willemsen finished 18th in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. She qualifi ...

and Eva Willemarck) participated at the

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edition. Shortly after, the Belgian bobsleigh selection with two female bobsleighers received the

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Belgian Bullets, after the speed and shape of the vehicles. The Bullets also qualified for the

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The team which participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics in

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is as follows:

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