Reto Götschi (born 25 December 1965, in Hausen am Albis) is a

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der who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Guido Acklin at the

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. Götschi also won a complete set of medals in the two-man event at the

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with a gold in

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, a silver in

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, and a bronze in

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. His best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was second four times (Combined men's: 199495, 199899; Two-man: 199495, 199899).

References

Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080409025349/http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-2.html List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985

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* * 1965 births Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Swiss male bobsledders Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub