Fabienne Meyer

Fabienne Meyer
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born28 November 1981 (1981-11-28) (age 43)[1]
Langenthal, BE, Switzerland[1]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)[2]
Sport
SportBobsleigh
Eventtwo-women
Coached bySwitzerland Marcel Rohner
Czech Republic Petr Ramseidl[2]
Medal record
Women's bobsleigh
Representing  Switzerland
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Königgsee Two-woman
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Altenberg Two-woman

Fabienne Meyer (born 28 November 1981) is a Swiss former bobsledder who has been competing since 2005.[2]

She scored her first World Cup win in a two-woman event at Königssee, Germany, in January 2014. The race also doubled as the women's Bobsleigh European Championship, earning Meyer a gold medal alongside brakewoman Tanja Mayer. Meyer had previously won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 2012.[3]

Meyer won the World Junior Championships in Bobsleigh in February 2008.[4]

Meyer's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 6th in the two-woman event at Lake Placid, New York, in 2012.[4]

She competed with Hanne Schenk in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where they finished in tenth place.[5] She also participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Meyer retired from competition after the 2013-14 season.[6]

European Championships

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fabienne Meyer's Biography". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Fabienne Meyer's profile". SOOC. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Viessmann FIBT World Cup and European Championships: Victory for Fabienne Meyer". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Fabienne Meyer (Switzerland): season totals". the-sports.org. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Switzerland's two-woman bobsleigh, piloted by Fabienne Meyer, prepares for the start of a training run at the 2010 Winter Olympics". Yahoo Sports – Eurosport. Reuters. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Swiss bobsleigh brakeman Thomas Lamparter ends career - European Champion Fabienne Meyer and Caroline Spahni also retire". Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobagganing. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 30 January 2015.


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