Fabienne Meyer (born 28 November 1981) is a Swiss former

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der who has been competing since 2005. She scored her first

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win in a two-woman event at

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, in January 2014. The race also doubled as the women's Bobsleigh European Championship, earning Meyer a gold medal alongside brakewoman

Tanja Mayer Tanja Mayer (born 2 July 1993) is a Swiss athlete and bobsledder. She competed in heptathlon at the junior level and started competing in bobsleigh in 2013. Bobsleigh On 26 January 2014, Tanja Mayer, along with Swiss pilot Fabienne Meyer, won ...

. Meyer had previously won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 2012. Meyer won the World Junior Championships in Bobsleigh in February 2008. Meyer's best finish at the

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was 6th in the two-woman event at

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, in

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. She competed with Hanne Schenk in the two-woman event at the

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where they finished in tenth place. She also participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Meyer retired from competition after the 2013-14 season.

European Championships

*2014 European Championships –

, with

*2012 European Championships – Altenberg, with Hanne Schenk

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* 1981 births Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Swiss female bobsledders People from Langenthal People from Willisau Sportspeople from the canton of Bern {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub