Reto Götschi

Personal information

Born

25 December 1965 (age 50)
Hausen am Albis, Switzerland

Medal record

Bobsleigh
Competitor for Switzerland
Olympic Games
	1994 Lillehammer	Two-man
World Championships
	1997 St. Moritz	Two-man
	2001 St. Moritz	Two-man
	1996 Calgary	Two-man

Reto Götschi (born 25 December 1965 in Hausen am Albis) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event with teammate Guido Acklin at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

Götschi also won a complete set of medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1997, a silver in 2001, and a bronze in 1996.

His best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was second four times (Combined men's: 1994-5, 1998-9; Two-man: 1994-5, 1998-9).

References

World champions in two-man bobsleigh

1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Sebastian Huber)
1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană, Dumitru Hubert)
1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim, Vasile Dumitrescu)
1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt, Emil Diener)
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, Byran Black)
1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
1939: Belgium (René Lunden, Jeans Coops)
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Friedrich Waller)
1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Lorenz Nieberl)
1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli)
1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier, Andrea Zambelli)
1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton)
1957: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
1958: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
1959: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti, Enrico de Lorenzo)
1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
1965: Great Britain (Anthony Nash, Robin Dixon)
1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler, Reinhold Durnthaler)
1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Adriano Frassinelli)
1970: West Germany (Horst Floth, Pepi Bader)
1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari, Mario Armano)
1973: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
1975: Italy (Giorgio Alvera, Franco Perruquet)
1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Heinz Meier)
1978: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Joseph Benz)
1979: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Joseph Benz)
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)
1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Urs Leuthold)
1985: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1986: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Celeste Poltera)
1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł)
1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber)
1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner, Markus Zimmermann)
1993: Germany (Christoph Langen, Peer Joechel)
1995: Germany (Christoph Langen, Olaf Hampel)
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin)
1999: Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
2000: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Marco Jakobs)
2003: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo)
2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Lascelles Brown)
2007: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
2008: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Cédric Grand)
2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Alexey Voyevoda)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Steven Langton)
2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Jannis Bäcker)
2015: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)
2016: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)

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