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From a press release published on the website of the Swiss bobsleigh is learned that the sample Swiss bobsleigh two-and four Gregor Baumann has decided to close his business competitive.
Tuesday 6 May 2014 3 minutes reading time
The thirty-one native of Sankt Galler aus Schwarzenbach, it is facing the world of competition from the 2004-2005 season as a brakeman Ralf Rueegg initially and then later decided to try their hand at the helm of the bob. Unfortunately, in the course of his career, Baumann has found closed by the strong competition inside the Swiss team that has deprived many occasions to be able to take part in the major events. The pilot of the canton of St. Gallen in fact is not never been selected for any Olympic edition since Switzerland contrary to Canada, USA, Germany and Russia could deploy only two teams in the event and five circles.
However, in the rare moments when he was able to show off Baumann has not disfigured. At the World Championships Koenigssee of 2011, the Swiss came eighth and tenth respectively in the four-man bob and one to two, while in the 2011-2012 season he even missed the podium in the World Cup track in Koenigssee always coming fourth in the two-man bobsleigh and finishing in seventh place in the overall standings. In the four-man bob instead, the best result in the maximum circuit bob came in 2010-2011 when he came sixth in Igls.
Baumann once hung close to the bob will the discovery of young Swiss talent working closely with Bob Club Zurich. In Switzerland it is the third house excellent retreat into the world of bobsleigh after those of Fabienne Meyer and Caroline Spahni.
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