Andreas Fuhrer

Andreas Fuhrer, born on 21 May 1959, is a Swiss retired sidecarcross rider who won the sidecarcross World Championship four times, in 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996, and the Swiss national championship five times. He grew up in Seedorf, trained as a mechanic, started racing sidecarcross in 1981 and first qualified for the world championship in 1985, racing for the Moto-Club Aarberg. His first podium came in 1987 with passenger Hans Rudolf Stettler and his first race win at the Swiss Grand Prix in 1990, and with passenger Adrian Käser from 1993 the team won 22 races and four world titles. He retired in 1996, mostly for financial reasons, and later returned to motocross in the solo class. He lives in Aarberg, where he owns a Kawasaki motocross motorcycle dealership.