Roland Wetzig

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Gold 1984 Sarajevo Four-man
Bronze 1980 Lake Placid Four-man
World Championships
Silver 1982 St. Moritz Four-man
Silver 1987 St. Moritz Four-man

Roland Wetzig (born July 24, 1959) is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man with a gold in 1984 and a bronze in 1980.

Wetzig also won two silver medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 1982 and 1987.

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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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