Marcel Rohner (sometimes shown as Marcel Röhner; born 21 June 1964, in

Baar, Switzerland Baar () is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. History Baar is first mentioned in 1045 as ''Barra''. Geography Baar has an area, , of . Of this area, 51% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25% is forested. Of the rest ...

) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the

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, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates

Markus Nüssli Markus Nüssli (born 9 July 1971) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus Wasser and Beat Seitz Beat ...

Markus Wasser Markus Wasser (born 7 May 1968) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Marcel Rohner, Markus Nüssli and Beat Seitz. Wasser als ...

and

Beat Seitz Beat Seitz (born 28 October 1973) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter mult ...

. Rohner also won two silver medals in the four-man event at the

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, earning them in 1996 and

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. In

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, he won the four-man event both in 1996-97 and in 1999-2000, and the combined men's event in 1999-2000.

References

Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
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1964 births Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland People from Baar, Switzerland Sportspeople from the canton of Zug Swiss male bobsledders {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub