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Ivo Rüegg

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Swiss bobsledder (born 1971)
Ivo Rüegg
Personal information
Born15 April 1971 (1971-04-15) (age 54)
Medal record
Men'sBobsleigh
Representing Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 St. MoritzFour-man
Gold medal – first place2009 Lake PlacidTwo-man
Silver medal – second place2007 St. MoritzTwo-man
Silver medal – second place2009 Lake PlacidMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2007 St. MoritzMixed team
World Cup Championships
Gold medal – first place2009–10Two-man
Silver medal – second place2007–08Two-man
Silver medal – second place2009–10Combined
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2004 St. MoritzTwo-man[1]
Silver medal – second place2004 St. MoritzFour-man[1]
Silver medal – second place2006 St. MoritzTwo-man[1]
Silver medal – second place2007 CortinaTwo-man[1]
Silver medal – second place2010 IglsFour-man[1]
Bronze medal – third place2007 CortinaFour-man[1]

Ivo Rüegg (born 15 April 1971) is aSwissbobsledder who competed between 1996 and 2010.[2] He won five medals at theFIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man:2009, Four-man:2007), two silvers Two-man: 2007, Mixed team: 2009), and a bronze (Mixed team: 2007).

Rüegg grew up inTuggen and took part in several different sports in his youth, including skiing, gymnastics, athletics, football and ice hockey. He acted as a forerunner for the prestigiousLauberhorn downhill race inWengen, and also competed in Europa Cup and FIS Tour alpine skiing events before leaving the sport in the early 1990s due to back problems. In addition he competed insteinstossen (stone-throwing) competitions (winning multiple national individual and team titles) and decathlon during the 1990s, breaking the decathlon points record for the canton ofSchwyz in 1994 and 1996 and setting a personal best of 7,071 points.[2]

He first tried bobsleigh as a push athlete in 1992, before starting as a driver in 1996[2] and taking the Swiss junior title the same year and taking two bronze medals at the 1997 Junior World Championship.[1] In his subsequent career he won one bronze and five silver medals in theBobsleigh European Championship, one World Cup race (a two-man event atCesana Pariol in2007)[2] and four Swiss national titles (two in each of the two-man and four man disciplines).[1]

Rüegg competed in twoWinter Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the two-man event atVancouver in2010.

He won theBobsleigh World Cup championship in the two-man event in2009-10. In May 2010 he announced his retirement from top-level sporting competition.[2]

Ivo is the nephew ofTony Rüegg andMax Rüegg, the cousin ofRalph Rüegg, and the brother of Reto Rüegg, all of whom were also bobsledders.[2]

References

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  1. ^abcdefgh"The Greatest Successes of Ivo Rüegg".ivo-ruegg.ch. Retrieved28 January 2014.
  2. ^abcdef"Athletic Biography of World Champion Bobsledder Ivo Rüegg".ivo-ruegg.ch. Retrieved28 January 2014.


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