Fabienne Meyer

Fabienne Meyer
Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	28 November 1981 (age 38)[1]; Langenthal, BE, Switzerland[1]
Residence	Willisau, LU, Switzerland[1]
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)[2]
Sport
Sport	Bobsleigh
Event(s)	two-women
Coached by	Marcel Rohner ; Petr Ramseidl[2]
Women's bobsleigh
Representing Switzerland
European Championships

Fabienne Meyer (born 28 November 1981) is a Swiss former bobsledder who has been competing since 2005.[2]

She scored her first World Cup win in a two-woman event at Königssee, Germany in January 2014. The race also doubled as the women's Bobsleigh European Championship, earning Meyer a gold medal alongside brakewoman Tanja Mayer. Meyer had previously won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 2012.[3]

Meyer won the World Junior Championships in Bobsleigh in February 2008.[4]

Meyer's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 6th in the two-woman event at Lake Placid, New York in 2012.[4]

She competed with Hanne Schenk in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where they finished in tenth place.[5] She also participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Meyer retired from competition after the 2013-14 season.[6]

European Championships

2014 European Championships – Königssee, with Tanja Mayer
2012 European Championships – Altenberg, with Hanne Schenk

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References

"Fabienne Meyer's Biography". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
"Fabienne Meyer's profile". SOOC. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
"Viessmann FIBT World Cup and European Championships: Victory for Fabienne Meyer". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
"Fabienne Meyer (Switzerland): season totals". the-sports.org. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
"Switzerland's two-woman bobsleigh, piloted by Fabienne Meyer, prepares for the start of a training run at the 2010 Winter Olympics". Yahoo Sports – Eurosport. Reuters. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
"Swiss bobsleigh brakeman Thomas Lamparter ends career - European Champion Fabienne Meyer and Caroline Spahni also retire". Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobagganing. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

External links

Fabienne Meyer at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation

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[NBCFabienneMeyer-1] "Fabienne Meyer's Biography". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

[Sochi2014FabienneMeyer-2] "Fabienne Meyer's profile". SOOC. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

[3] "Viessmann FIBT World Cup and European Championships: Victory for Fabienne Meyer". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[sport-4] "Fabienne Meyer (Switzerland): season totals". the-sports.org. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[5] "Switzerland's two-woman bobsleigh, piloted by Fabienne Meyer, prepares for the start of a training run at the 2010 Winter Olympics". Yahoo Sports – Eurosport. Reuters. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

[6] "Swiss bobsleigh brakeman Thomas Lamparter ends career - European Champion Fabienne Meyer and Caroline Spahni also retire". Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobagganing. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 30 January 2015.