Max Rüegg
Swiss bobsledder
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1982 St. Moritz | Two-man |
 | 1983 Lake Placid | Two-man |
 | 1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Four-man |
| 1982 St. Moritz | Four-man |
Max Rüegg is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1980s. He won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold (Two-man: 1982, a silver (Two-man: 1983) and two bronzes (Four-man: 1981, 1982).
He is the brother of Tony Rüegg and the uncle of Reto Rüegg, Ivo Rüegg and Ralph Rüegg, all of whom have also competed in bobsleigh.[1]
References
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- ^ Hug, Hans (9 January 2003). "Die Nacheiferer von Onkel Max". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zurich. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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World champions in two-man bobsleigh
- 1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Sebastian Huber)
- 1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană, Dumitru Hubert)
- 1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim, Vasile Dumitrescu)
- 1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt, Emil Diener)
- 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, Brian Black)
- 1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
- 1939: Belgium (René Lunden, Jeans Coops)
- 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
- 1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Friedrich Waller)
- 1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
- 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Lorenz Nieberl)
- 1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli)
- 1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier, Andrea Zambelli)
- 1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton)
- 1957–60: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
- 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti, Enrico de Lorenzo)
- 1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1965: Great Britain (Tony Nash, Robin Dixon)
- 1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler, Reinhold Durnthaler)
- 1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Adriano Frassinelli)
- 1970: West Germany (Horst Floth, Pepi Bader)
- 1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari, Mario Armano)
- 1973–74: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
- 1975: Italy (Giorgio Alverà, Franco Perruquet)
- 1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Heinz Meier)
- 1978–79: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Joseph Benz)
- 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)
- 1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
- 1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Urs Leuthold)
- 1985–86: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
- 1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Celeste Poltera)
- 1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł)
- 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber)
- 1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner, Markus Zimmermann)
- 1993: Germany (Christoph Langen, Peer Joechel)
- 1995: Germany (Christoph Langen, Olaf Hampel)
- 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
- 1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin)
- 1999: Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
- 2000: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
- 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Marco Jakobs)
- 2003: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
- 2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo)
- 2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Lascelles Brown)
- 2007–08: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
- 2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Cédric Grand)
- 2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Alexey Voyevoda)
- 2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Steven Langton)
- 2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Jannis Bäcker)
- 2015–20: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)
- 2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Alexander Schüller)
- 2023: Germany (Johannes Lochner, Georg Fleischhauer)
- 2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Alexander Schüller)
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