| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | ||
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1977 St. Moritz | Two-man |
| 1987 St. Moritz | Four-man |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Four-man |
| 1982 St. Moritz | Two-man |
| 1987 St. Moritz | Four-man |
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.
References
External links
- 1984 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1988 bobsleigh two-man results
- 1988 bobsleigh four-man results
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Canoe.ca article featuring Hiltebrand for the 1998 Winter Olympics
- History of bobsleigh in Canada featuring Hiltebrand
- Schindler Metal Works of Houston, TX on president's work with Hiltebrand's bobsleighs
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 559, 562.
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