Steve Mesler

Steve Mesler
Personal information
Full name Steven Michael Mesler
Nationality  United States
Born August 28, 1978 (1978-08-28) (age 33)
Buffalo, New York
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Sport
Sport Bobsleigh
Event(s) Four-man

Steven Michael Mesler (born August 28, 1978) is an American bobsledder who has competed internationally since 2001.

Mesler was born in Buffalo, New York, and is Jewish.[1] He attended City Honors School in Buffalo, graduating in 1996.

Mesler attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he competed as a decathlete for the Florida Gators track and field team from 1997 to 2000.[2] He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree, with honors, in exercise and sports science in 2000.[3]

Mesler won a gold medal as a pusher for driver Steve Holcomb's U.S. Olympic team in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[4]

Mesler's team finished seventh in the four-man event at Turin in 2006. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 2009 and a bronze in 2004.

In March 2011, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[5]

See also

Biography portal
Olympics portal

References

  1. ^ Jews in the News: Steve Mesler is golden," Jew or Not Jew Unplugged (February 27, 2010). Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  2. ^ GatorZone.com, Track & Field History, 2000 Roster, Steve Mesler. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  3. ^ Yahoo Sports, Turin 2006 Winter Olympics, Steve Mesler. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  4. ^ Nate Bloom, "Jewish Stars," Cleveland Jewish News (February 12, 2010). Retrieved May 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "Mesler inducted into Jewish shrine," The Buffalo News (February 27, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.

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1924: Switzerland (Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi)  • 1928 (five-man): United States (Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Grey, & Richard Parke)  • 1932: United States (Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Grey, & 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 Camichel)  • 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)  • 2010: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, & Gino Rossi) * 1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, & Emil Hinterfeld) * 1933: Not held * 1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber) * 1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber) * 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Byran Black) * 1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Chris MacKintosh) * 1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli) * 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli) * 1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, & William D'Amico) * 1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, & William D'Amico) * 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, & Lorenz Nieberl) * 1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, & Joseph Smith) * 1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, & Heinrich Angst) * 1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst) * 1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, & Heinz Leu) * 1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, & Walter Haller) * 1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Voorhis, & Thomas Butler) * 1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, & Renzo Alverà) * 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, & Renzo Alverà) * 1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, & Otto Göbl) * 1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, & Romano Bonagura) * 1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, & Peter Kirby) * 1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, & Roland Ebert) * 1967: Cancelled to weather conditions * 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, & Stefan Gaisreiter) * 1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, & Luciano de Paolis) * 1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer) * 1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer) * 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, & Albert Wurzer) * 1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, & Joseph Benz) * 1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, & Raimund Bethge) * 1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, & Bogdan Musiol) * 1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, & Heinz Busche) * 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, & Michael Trübner) * 1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, & Rico Freiermuth) * 1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, & Rolf Strittmatter) * 1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, & Steffen Grummt) * 1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser) * 1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser) * 1989: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, & Lorenz Schindelholz) * 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, & Curdin Morell) * 1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, Axel Kühn, & Christoph Langen) * 1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, & Domenico Semeraro) * 1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, & Carsten Embach) * 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, & Olaf Hampel) * 1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, & Carsten Embach) * 1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, & Max Robert) * 2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, & Carsten Embach) * 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, & Alex Metzger) * 2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach) * 2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, & René Hoppe) * 2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze) * 2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, & Cedric Grand) * 2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze) * 2009: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz) * 2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, & Christian Poser)