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East German bobsledder

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Roland Wetzig
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1984 Sarajevo	Four-man
	1980 Lake Placid	Four-man
World Championships
	1982 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1987 St. Moritz	Four-man

Roland Wetzig (born 24 July 1959 in Oschatz, Saxony) is an East German bob pusher for 17-time gold medal winner Wolfgang Hoppe who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man with a gold in 1984 and a bronze in 1980.

Wetzig also won two silver medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 1982 and 1987.

References

Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
Kluge, Volker (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. (in German)

v t e Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh
1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI) 1928: Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA) 1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA) 1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI) 1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA) 1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER) 1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI) 1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN) 1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA) 1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI) 1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR) 1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR) 1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR) 1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI) 1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT) 1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER) 1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER) 2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER) 2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER) 2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA) 2014: Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT) 2018: Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER) 2022: Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)

Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh

1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI)
1928: Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA)
1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA)
1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI)
1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA)
1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER)
1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI)
1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN)
1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA)
1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI)
1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR)
1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR)
1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR)
1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI)
1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT)
1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER)
1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER)
2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER)
2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER)
2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA)
2014: Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT)
2018: Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER)
2022: Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)

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