Charles Bouvier

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Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Gold 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man
World Championships
Silver 1935 St. Moritz Four-man

Charles Bouvier (August 24, 1898 – 1964) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and finished seventh in the two-man event at those same games.

Bouvier also won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1935 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

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Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh
1924: Switzerland - Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi  • 1928 (five-man): United States - Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray, & Richard Parke  • 1932: United States - Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Gray, & Jay O'Brien  • 1936: Switzerland - Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier, & Joseph Beerli  • 1948: United States - Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico  • 1952: West Germany - Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser  • 1956: Switzerland - Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst  • 1960: Not held  • 1964: Canada - Vic Emery, Peter Kirby, Doug Anakin, & John Emery  • 1968: Italy - Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, & Mario Armano  • 1972: Switzerland - Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, & Werner Carmichel  • 1976: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Bernhard Lehmann  • 1980: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt  • 1984: East Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, & Andreas Kirchner  • 1988: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, & Werner Stocker  • 1992: Austria - Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher, & Thomas Schroll  • 1994: Germany - Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel, & Alexander Szelig  • 1998: Germany - Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs, & Olaf Hampel  • 2002: Germany - André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach  • 2006: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Martin Putze, & Kevin Kuske


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