Erich Schärer
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing   Switzerland
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1980 Lake PlacidTwo-man
Silver medal – second place1976 InnsbruckFour-man
Silver medal – second place1980 Lake PlacidFour-man
Bronze medal – third place1976 InnsbruckTwo-man
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1971 CerviniaFour-man
Gold medal – first place1973 Lake PlacidFour-man
Gold medal – first place1975 CerviniaFour-man
Gold medal – first place1978 Lake PlacidTwo-man
Gold medal – first place1979 KönigsseeTwo-man
Gold medal – first place1982 St. MoritzTwo-man
Gold medal – first place1986 KönigsseeFour-man
Silver medal – second place1977 St. MoritzFour-man
Silver medal – second place1978 Lake PlacidFour-man
Silver medal – second place1983 Lake PlacidTwo-man
Bronze medal – third place1979 KönigsseeFour-man
Bronze medal – third place1981 Cortina d'AmpezzoTwo-man
Bronze medal – third place1981 Cortina d'AmpezzoFour-man
Bronze medal – third place1982 St. MoritzFour-man

Erich Schärer (born 1 September 1946 in Zurich) 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). The first two titles he won as pusher in the team of driver René Stadler before a became a driver himself.

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