Frank Hansen (born August 9, 1952) is an American bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

. Hansen was diagnosed with

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most comm ...

in his 60s.Former US bobsledder Frank Hansen relives his story
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* 1952 births Living people American male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for the United States Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Albany, New York People with motor neuron disease {{US-bobsleigh-bio-stub