Ralph Rüegg (born 23 May 1973) is a
Swiss
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bobsled
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der who competed from 1998 to 2006. He is best known for his third-place finish in the four-man event of the
Bobsleigh World Cup
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Combined men's
Debuted: 1985.
Medal table
Two- ...
championship in 2002-3.
Rüegg's best finish in the
FIBT World Championships was sixth in the four-man event at
Calgary
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in
2005
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. In addition he won a bronze medal at the 2003
Bobsleigh European Championship
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Bobsleigh Two-man
Medal table
Four-man
Medal table
Two-woman
Medal table
Women's Monobob
Medal table
Skeleton
...
in the two-man event, with
Beat Hefti
Beat Hefti (born 3 February 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he has won a total of four Olympic medals. A gold medal in Sochi ( two-man, 2014), two bronze medals in Torino ( ...
as his brakeman.
He is the son of
Tony Rüegg, nephew of
Max Rüegg and cousin of Reto and
Ivo Rüegg, all of whom competed as bobsledders.
References
FIBT profile
1973 births
Living people
Swiss male bobsledders
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