Hansjörg Trachsel
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Hansjörg Trachsel is a Swiss
politician and former bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s.
Trachsel won two medals at the FIBT World Championships
with a silver in the two-man event (1977
) and a bronze in the four-man event (1979
). Trachsel served as an officer in the international governing body of the sport, the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh and Toboggan (FIBT), where he oversaw the construction and renovation of several bobsled venues. A civil engineer by trade, he insured the required specifications, quality and schedule for sliding sport venues, including the Olympic tracks in Park City, Utah and Lake Placid, New York, and he provided early engineering guidance for the design of the Olympic track at Whistler Mountain for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. He resigned his role with the FIBT when he was elected to a political office in 2004.
Elected in September 2004, Trachsel has been a member of the Government of the canton of Grisons where he served from 2005 through 2008 as the head of Economic and Social affairs. Trachsel began one-year of service as President of that government body in January 2009. In June 2010 he was elected to an additional term of 4 years and will serve until December 2014. From 1984 to 2004, he was a member of the cantonal parliament, the legislative council of the canton of Grisons, serving as President in 2000.
Switzerland
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politician and former bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s.
Trachsel won two medals at the FIBT World Championships
FIBT World Championships
The FIBT World Championships, part of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing , have taken place on an annual basis in non-Winter Olympic years since 1930. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947...
with a silver in the two-man event (1977
FIBT World Championships 1977
The FIBT World Championships 1977 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record thirteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 , 1935 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, and 1974.-Two man bobsleigh:-Four man bobsleigh:The East Germans earned...
) and a bronze in the four-man event (1979
FIBT World Championships 1979
The FIBT World Championships 1979 took place in Königssee, West Germany. It was the first championships that took place on an artificially refrigerated track...
). Trachsel served as an officer in the international governing body of the sport, the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh and Toboggan (FIBT), where he oversaw the construction and renovation of several bobsled venues. A civil engineer by trade, he insured the required specifications, quality and schedule for sliding sport venues, including the Olympic tracks in Park City, Utah and Lake Placid, New York, and he provided early engineering guidance for the design of the Olympic track at Whistler Mountain for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. He resigned his role with the FIBT when he was elected to a political office in 2004.
Elected in September 2004, Trachsel has been a member of the Government of the canton of Grisons where he served from 2005 through 2008 as the head of Economic and Social affairs. Trachsel began one-year of service as President of that government body in January 2009. In June 2010 he was elected to an additional term of 4 years and will serve until December 2014. From 1984 to 2004, he was a member of the cantonal parliament, the legislative council of the canton of Grisons, serving as President in 2000.