Ivan Šola (born 12 December 1961) is a

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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 has competed since 1999. Competing in three

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

, he earned his best finish of 20th in the four-man event at

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in 2010. Šola also competed in the

FIBT World Championships 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 Olympi ...

, earning his best finish of 24th in the four-man event at

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in 2005. Prior to his bobsleigh career, Šola was a multiple Croatian champion in motorcycle racing. In 2003 Šola also competed in Formula 2000 speedboat races. , he was an owner of a motorcycle shop and a

driving school ''Driving School'' is a docusoap that was broadcast on BBC1 in the summer of 1997, which followed a group of learner drivers around Bristol and South Wales. The series was made on a reduced budget but shown in primetime, it created one of the ...

. In 2007 he was elected member of the board of the Croatian Motorcycling Federation. , Šola is the president of the Croatian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation.

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Ivan Sola
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