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Edy Hubacher

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Edy Hubacher, born Eduard Hubacher on 15 April 1940, is a Swiss sportsman who competed at both the Summer and the Winter Olympics. During the 1960s he took part in athletics, working in the shot put, the discus throw and the decathlon, and he still holds the decathlon best in the shot put. In the 1970s he switched to bobsledding, and at the 1972 Winter Olympics he won a gold medal in the four-man event and a bronze medal in the two-man event.

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Birth Year
1940 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
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Plays

Bobsleigh, Sports
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Source Edy Hubacher (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
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a former Swiss sportsman
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1. Olympedia: Edy Hubacher (Olympedia)
Olympedia
  • Biographical information
    Born 15 April 1940
  • Biographical information, gender
    Sex Male
  • Biography
    they took bronze in the two-man and, alongside Werner Camichel and Hans Leutenegger, gold in the four-man
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Edy Hubacher (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, nationality
    a former Swiss sportsman
  • Plays: Bobsleigh, Lead, bobsledding
    he switched to bobsledding
  • Competed In: 1972 Winter Olympics, Lead, Olympic result
    winning a gold medal in the four-man and a bronze medal in the two-man events at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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