Cedric Gran ( Cédric Grand , January 14, 1976 , Geneva , Switzerland ) - Swiss bobsledder , who played for the Swiss national team from 1997 to 2010. Participated in four winter Olympics, bronze medalist of Turin , winner of gold medals at world and European championships.
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Citizenship | Switzerland |
Date of Birth | January 14, 1976 (43 years) |
Place of Birth | Geneva , Switzerland |
Growth | 189 cm |
Weight | 100 kg |
Career | |
Position | overclocking |
Club | Bobclub zentralschweiz |
In the national team | since 1997 |
Status | completed career |
Last updated: January 4, 2012 |
Biography
Cedric Gran was born on January 14, 1976 in the city of Geneva . He began performing at the professional level in bobsleigh in 1997, and a year later he went to defend the country's honor at the Olympic Games in Nagano , where he played the role of dispersing the second national team led by pilot Christian Reich . Then they failed to reach the top places: fourth place in twos and only seventh in fours.
At the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, Grand dispersed only four-seater bob, and again their crew didn’t have enough to get a prize position - the fourth position. The most successful for the athlete was the 2006 Olympics in Turin, in a double with Ivo Rueggg he came in eighth, but in the standings the four were able to push his team to third place and thus won the bronze medal. Gran also took part in the 2010 Games in Vancouver , where he was again out of the podium, taking the fourth position in twos and the sixth in fours.
In addition, Cedric Gran has four world-class medals in his record: two gold and two silver. In addition, he twice became the winner of the European Championships, including once the first and once the second. The decision to end the career of a professional athlete took immediately after the unsuccessful performance at the Olympics in 2010, at the age of 34 years.
Links
- Cedric Gran (him) (eng.) - page on the FIBT website
- List of world championship winners on the official FIBT website (eng.)
- Cedric Gran (English) - the results of Olympic performances at sports-reference.com