German bobsledder
Sven Rühr is a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (1996 , 1997 ) and one silver (2000 ).
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1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta , Giorgio Biasini , Antonio Dorini , Gino Rossi (bobsledder) )
1931: Germany (Werner Zahn , Robert Schmidt , Franz Bock , Emil Hinterfeld )
1933: Not held
1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian , Fritz Schwarz , Hermann von Valta , Sebastian Huber )
1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian , Alexander Gruber , Hermann von Valta , Sebastian Huber )
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy , David Looker , Charles Patrick Green , Brian Black )
1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy , David Looker , Charles Patrick Green , Chris Mackintosh )
1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Heinz Cattani , Alphonse Hörning , Joseph Beerli )
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Friedrich Waller , Felix Endrich , Stephan Waser )
1949: United States (Stanley Benham , Patrick Martin , William Casey , William D'Amico )
1950: United States (Stanley Benham , Patrick Martin , James Atkinson , William D'Amico )
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler , Xavier Leitl , Michael Pössinger , Lorenz Nieberl )
1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson , Piet Biesiadecki , Hubert Miller , Joseph Smith )
1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend , Harry Warburton , Gottfried Diener , Heinrich Angst )
1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus , Gottfried Diener , Robert Alt , Heinrich Angst )
1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller , Hans Theler , Rolf Küderli , Heinz Leu )
1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch , Alfred Hammer , Theodore Bauer , Walter Haller )
1959: United States (Arthur Tyler , Gary Sheffield , Parker Vooris , Charles Thomas Butler )
1960–61: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes , Furio Nordio , Renzo Alverà )
1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle , Josef Sterff , Ludwig Siebert , Otto Göbl )
1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini , Ferruccio Dalla Torre , Renato Mocellini , Romano Bonagura )
1965: Canada (Vic Emery , Gerald Presley , Michael Young , Peter Kirby )
1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert , Helmut Werzer , Roland Ebert )
1967: Cancelled to weather conditions
1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer , Peter Utzschneider , Walter Steinbauer , Stefan Gaisreiter )
1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo , Roberto Zandonella , Mario Armano , Luciano de Paolis )
1971: Switzerland (René Stadler , Max Forster , Erich Schärer , Peter Schärer )
1973: Switzerland (René Stadler , Werner Carmichel , Erich Schärer , Peter Schärer )
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer , Peter Utzschneider , Manfred Schumann , Albert Wurzer )
1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer , Peter Schärer , Werner Carmichel , Joseph Benz )
1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer , Bernhard Germeshausen , Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt , Raimund Bethge )
1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau , Horst Bernhard , Harald Seifert , Bogdan Musioł )
1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter , Dieter Gebard , Hans Wagner , Heinz Busche )
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen , Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt , Henry Gerlach , Michael Trübner )
1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina , Heinz Stettler , Urs Salzmann , Rico Freiermuth )
1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser , Hans Märcy , Kurt Poletti , Rolf Strittmatter )
1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann , Matthias Trübner , Ingo Voge , Steffen Grummt )
1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer , Kurt Meier , Erwin Fassbind , André Kiser )
1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand , Urs Fehlmann , Erwin Fassbind , André Kiser )
1989–90: Switzerland (Gustav Weder , Bruno Gerber , Lorenz Schindelholz , Curdin Morell )
1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , Bogdan Musioł , Axel Kühn , Christoph Langen )
1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder , Donat Acklin , Kurt Meier , Domenico Semeraro )
1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , René Hannemann , Ulf Hielscher , Carsten Embach )
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann , Sven Rühr , Olaf Hampel )
1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe , Sven Rühr , René Hannemann , Carsten Embach )
1999: France (Bruno Mingeon , Emmanuel Hostache , Éric Le Chanony , Max Robert )
2000: Germany (André Lange , René Hoppe , Lars Behrendt , Carsten Embach )
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann , Sven Peter , Alex Metzger )
2003: Germany (André Lange , René Hoppe , Kevin Kuske , Carsten Embach )
2004: Germany (André Lange , Udo Lehmann , Kevin Kuske , René Hoppe )
2005: Germany (André Lange , René Hoppe , Kevin Kuske , Martin Putze )
2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg , Thomas Lamparter , Beat Hefti , Cédric Grand )
2008: Germany (André Lange , René Hoppe , Kevin Kuske , Martin Putze )
2009: United States (Steven Holcomb , Justin Olsen , Steve Mesler , Curtis Tomasevicz )
2011: Germany (Manuel Machata , Richard Adjei , Andreas Bredau , Christian Poser )
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb , Justin Olsen , Steven Langton , Curtis Tomasevicz )
2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt , Marko Hübenbecker , Alexander Rödiger , Martin Putze )
2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt , Alexander Rödiger , Kevin Korona , Ben Heber )
2016: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis , Daumants Dreiškens , Arvis Vilkaste , Jānis Strenga )
2017: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Candy Bauer , Martin Grothkopp , Thorsten Margis ) & (Johannes Lochner , Matthias Kagerhuber , Joshua Bluhm , Christian Rasp )
2019: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Candy Bauer , Martin Grothkopp , Thorsten Margis )
2020: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Candy Bauer , Martin Grothkopp , Alexander Schüller )
2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis , Candy Bauer , Alexander Schüller )
2023: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis , Candy Bauer , Alexander Schüller )
2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis , Alexander Schüller , Felix Straub )
