Gary Sheffield (bobsleigh)

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Gary Sheffield
Medal record

Bobsleigh
World Championships
Gold	1959 St. Moritz	Four-man
Silver	1951 Alpe d'Huez	Four-man
Silver	1961 Lake Placid	Two-man
Silver	1961 Lake Placid	Four-man

Gary J. Sheffield (August 18, 1936 – November 20, 2004) was an American bobsledder who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 1959) and three silvers (Two-man: 1961, Four-man: 1951, 1961). In 2004, he died at the age of 68.^[1]

References

↑ http://static.pressrepublican.com/obit_archives/obits/2004/11242004ob.htm

Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
Sheffield in action during the four-man event at the 1961 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, NY.

World champions in four-man bobsleigh

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 (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, & Christian Poser)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, & Martin Putze)

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Name	Sheffield
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Short description	American bobsledder
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