Brian Shimer

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Four-man
World Championships
Bronze 1993 Igls Four-man
Bronze 1997 St. Moritz Two-man
Bronze 1997 St. Moritz Four-man

Brian Shimer (born April 20, 1962) is an American bobsledder who has competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002.

Shimer also won three bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships with one in the two-man event (1997) and two in the four-man event (1993, 1997).

He won the 1992-3 Bobsleigh World Cup championships both in the four-man and the combined men's events.

Shimer retired after the 2002 Winter Olympics and is now head coach of the US men's bobsleigh team.

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World Cup champions in bobsleigh men's combined.
1984-5: West Germany - Anton Fischer * 1985-6: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser * 1986-7: United States - Matt Roy * 1987-8: Austria - Ingo Appelt * 1988-9: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1989-90: Soviet Union - Maris Poikans * 1990-1: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1991-2: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1992-3: United States - Brian Shimer * 1993-4: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1994-5: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1995-6: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1996-7: Italy - Günther Huber * 1997-8: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1998-9: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1999-2000: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 2000-1: Germany - André Lange * 2001-2: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2002-3: Germany - André Lange * 2003-4: Germany - André Lange * 2004-5: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2005-6: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 2006-7: United States - Steven Holcomb
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World Cup champions in four-man bobsleigh
1984-5 (unofficial): United States - Jeffrey Jost * 1985-6 (unofficial): Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser * 1986-7 (unofficial): United States - Matt Roy * 1987-8 (unofficial): Austria - Ingo Appelt & Austria - Peter Kienast * 1988-9 (unofficial): Austria - Ingo Appelt * 1989-90 (unofficial): Canada - Chris Lori * 1990-1: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1991-2: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1992-3: United States - Brian Shimer * 1993-4: Austria - Hubert Schösser * 1994-5: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1995-6: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1996-7: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 1997-8: Germany - Harald Czudaj * 1998-9: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1999-2000: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 2000-1: Germany - André Lange * 2001-2: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2002-3: Germany - André Lange * 2003-4: Germany - André Lange * 2004-5: Russia - Alexandre Zoubkov * 2005-6: Russia - Alexandre Zoubkov * 2006-7: Russia - Evgeni Popov * 2007-8: Germany - André Lange
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