Erich Schärer (born 1 September 1946 in Zurich) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (Two-man: 1980), two silvers (Four-man: 1976, 1980), and one bronze (Two-man: 1976).

Schärer also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with seven golds (Two-man: 1978, 1979, 1982; Four-man: 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986), three silvers (Two-man: 1983, Four-man: 1977, 1978), and four bronzes (Two-man: 1981, Four-man: 1979, 1981, 1982). The first two titles he won as pusher in the team of driver René Stadler before a became a driver himself.

Erich Schärer

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Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964

Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964

Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931

Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930

Brainyhistory.com profile

Erich Schärer at databaseOlympics.com

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1946 births

Bobsledders at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Living people

Swiss male bobsledders

Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland

Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland

Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland

Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland

Olympic medalists in bobsleigh

Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Sportspeople from Zürich

Erich Schärer