Erich Schärer

About Erich Schärer

Erich Schärer is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals  with one gold (Two-man: 1980), two silvers (Four-man: 1976, 1980), and one bronze (Two-man: 1976).

Schärer also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with seven golds (Two-man: 1978, 1979, 1982; Four-man: 1971, 1973, 1975,  1986), three silvers (Two-man: 1983, Four-man: 1977, 1978), and four bronzes (Two-man: 1981, Four-man: 1979, 1981, 1982).

Erich Schärer Achievements

Medal Records:

Olympic Games

• Gold medal – 1980 Winter OlympicsTwo-man
  
• Silver medal – 1976 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1980 Winter OlympicsFour-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1976 Winter OlympicsTwo-man
  

World Championships

• Gold medal – 1971 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 1973 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 1975 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Gold medal – 1978 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1979 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1982 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Gold medal – 1986 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1977 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1978 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Silver medal – 1983 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1979 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1981 FIBT World ChampionshipsTwo-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1981 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man
  
• Bronze medal – 1982 FIBT World ChampionshipsFour-man