Gerhard Haidacher (born 29 April 1963) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

bobsled 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 ...

der who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates

Ingo Appelt Ingo Appelt (born 11 December 1961 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to early 1992. He was Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's champion in 1987–8, and four-man champion in 1987-8 and 1988–9. Comp ...

, Harald Winkler and Thomas Schroll at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

in Albertville. Haidacher also earned a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1993 FIBT World Championships in Igls.

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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
1963 births Austrian male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic bobsledders for Austria Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics {{Austria-bobsleigh-bio-stub