- Brian Shimer
Brian Shimer (born
April 20 1962 ) is an Americanbobsled der who has competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in fiveWinter Olympics , he won the bronze medal in the four-man event atSalt Lake City in 2002.Shimer also won three bronze medals at the
FIBT World Championships with one in the two-man event (1997) and two in the four-man event (1993, 1997).He won the 1992-3 Bobsleigh World Cup championships both in the four-man and the combined men's events.
Shimer retired after the
2002 Winter Olympics and is now head coach of the US men'sbobsleigh team.References
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-c.html List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-4.html List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-2.html List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/usbios_bobsled/ CNN Sports Illustrated profile of 2002 US bobsled team]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=69253 IOC profile]
* [http://www.usbsf.com/ContactList.html US Bobsled and Skeleton federation coaching staff]
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