Donat Acklin
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 6 June 1965 (age 60) Herznach, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative(s) | Guido Acklin (brother) Lucia Acklin (niece) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bob-Club Zürichsee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Donat Acklin (born 6 June 1965 in Herznach) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won two Winter Olympic gold meals in 1992 and 1994.
Career
[edit]Acklin rose to prominence in the late 1980s, where he placed fourth alongside Gustav Weder in the 1988 Winter Olympics two-man bobsled. The following year, he won the first of three FIBT World Championship medals in the four-man bob sled at Cortina d'Ampezzo securing silver.[1] Returning to the 1992 games, Acklin and Weder won gold in the two-man, despite being only fifth after the first two runs. Acklin would win a bronze medal in the four-man event at the same games.[2]
Acklin won gold and silver at the FIBT World Championships 1993 in Igls, before returning to the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He successfully defended the title, and won gold once again in the two-man event, beating his brother Guido who finished second.[3][4][5] His final Olympic event yielded a silver medal in the four-man event, losing out to Germany by five tenths of a second.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]Acklin was born in Herznach and is affiliated to the Bob Club Zurichsee. His brother, Guido also competed for Switzerland in bobsled. His niece is Lucia Acklin, a professional multi-event athlete who represents Switzerland.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Bob & Skeleton Championships (FIBT/IBSF) (469)". olympedia.org.
- ^ "Albertville 1992 two Man Bobsled Results". olympics.com.
- ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Bobsleigh Results". olympics.com.
- ^ "WINTER OLYMPICS; One Swiss Brother Tops Other in Bobsled". nytimes.com.
- ^ "Brothers battle for bobsleigh gold". olympics.com.
- ^ "17 Winter Olympic Games 1994 Bobsleigh Men Four". olympicgameswinners.com.
- ^ "Great Winter Olympic rivalries: Switzerland vs Germany - men's bobsleigh". olympics.com.
- ^ "Donat Acklin". olympedia.org.
External links
[edit]
 | This biographical article relating to Swiss bobsleigh is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a Swiss Winter Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1965 births
- Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
- Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
- Swiss male bobsledders
- Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
- Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen
- Swiss bobsleigh biography stubs
- Swiss Winter Olympic medalist stubs