- Emmanuel Hostache
Emmanuel Hostache (sometimes shown as Emanuel Hostache,
July 18 ,1975 -May 30 ,2007 ) is a Frenchbobsled der who competed from 1991 to 2000. Competing in threeWinter Olympics , he won a bronze medal in the four-man event (tied withGreat Britain ) atNagano in 1998.At the 1999 FIBT World Championships in
Cortina d'Ampezzo , Hostache won a gold in the four-man event and a bronze in the two-man event.Prior to being a bobsledder, Hostache also competed as an athlete in the
shot put anddiscus throw events.Hostache died of
Ewing's sarcoma , a form ofcancer in 2007 after fighting the disease for eight years.References
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HOSTAEMM01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]
* [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100146&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
* [http://www.athle.com/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?newsid=5994 French Athletic Federation news of Hostache's death] fr icon
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