Hans Hiltebrand

Hans Hiltebrand 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. Afterwords he became a well known bobsleigh designer.

Hiltebrand is still active in his bobsleigh club in Zurich as of 2007.

References

* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1984w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1984 bobsleigh two-man results]
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1988 bobsleigh two-man results]
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1988w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html 1988 bobsleigh four-man results]
* [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.canoe.ca/SlamNaganoBobsledArchive/feb8_buffery.html Canoe.ca article featuring Hiltebrand for the 1998 Winter Olympics]
* [http://www.bobsleigh.ca/Content/Our%20Sports/Bobsleigh%20History.asp History of bobsleigh in Canada featuring Hiltebrand]
* [http://www.schindlermetalworks.com/bio.htm 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.
* [http://www.zuercherbobclub.ch/club/news_archiv.htm Zurich Bob Club newsletter 2005-07, including Hiltebrand] de icon