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| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 November 1981 (1981-11-28) (age 43) Langenthal, BE, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport |  Bobsleigh | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | two-women | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by |  Marcel Rohner  Petr Ramseidl | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fabienne Meyer (born 28 November 1981) is a Swiss former bobsledder who has been competing since 2005.
She scored her first World Cup win in a two-woman event at Königssee, Germany, in January 2014. The race also doubled as the women's Bobsleigh European Championship, earning Meyer a gold medal alongside brakewoman Tanja Mayer. Meyer had previously won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 2012.
Meyer won the World Junior Championships in Bobsleigh in February 2008.
Meyer's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 6th in the two-woman event at Lake Placid, New York, in 2012.
She competed with Hanne Schenk in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where they finished in tenth place. She also participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Meyer retired from competition after the 2013-14 season.
European Championships
- 2014 European Championships –
Königssee, 
with Tanja Mayer - 2012 European Championships – Altenberg,
with Hanne Schenk
References
- ^ "Fabienne Meyer's Biography". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Fabienne Meyer's profile". SOOC. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- "Viessmann FIBT World Cup and European Championships: Victory for Fabienne Meyer". International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Fabienne Meyer (Switzerland): season totals". the-sports.org. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- "Switzerland's two-woman bobsleigh, piloted by Fabienne Meyer, prepares for the start of a training run at the 2010 Winter Olympics". Yahoo Sports – Eurosport. Reuters. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- "Swiss bobsleigh brakeman Thomas Lamparter ends career - European Champion Fabienne Meyer and Caroline Spahni also retire". Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobagganing. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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