Emmanuel Hostache

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Bronze 1998 Nagano Four-man
World Championships
Gold 1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man
Bronze 1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man

Emmanuel Hostache (sometimes shown as Emanuel Hostache, July 18, 1975 - May 30, 2007) is a French bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event (tied with Great Britain) at Nagano in 1998.

At the 1999 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Hostache won a gold in the four-man event and a bronze in the two-man event.

Prior to being a bobsledder, Hostache also competed as an athlete in the shot put and discus throw events.

Hostache died of Ewing's sarcoma, a form of cancer in 2007 after fighting the disease for eight years.

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