About Hans Hiltebrand
Born 1945. Hans Hiltebrand is a Swiss bobsledder.
Hans Hiltebrand (born 18 January 1945) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 1977, Four-man: 1987) and three silvers (Two-man: 1982, 1987; Four-man: 1981.
Competing in three Winter Olympics, Hiltebrand earned his best finish of fourth in the two-man event at Lake Placid in 1980.
Following his retirement, he coached Canada's bobsleigh from 1989 to the 1998 Winter Olympics. Afterwards he became a well known bobsleigh designer.
Hiltebrand is still active in his bobsleigh club in Zurich as of 2007.
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Who is Hans Hiltebrand?
Swiss bobsledder
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Hans Hiltebrand was born on 18 January 1945 in Dielsdorf.
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Hans Hiltebrand is a bobsledder.
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Hans Hiltebrand is Swiss.
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