Gerhard Rainer
Gerhard Rainer (born January 19, 1961 in Innsbruck ) is a former Austrian bobsleigh athlete .
He took part in the 1992 Winter Olympics. In a two-man he came in eighth with the Austria II bob with Thomas Bachler . In the four, the Bobsleigh Austria II reached tenth place with Thomas Bachler, Carsten Nentwig and Martin Schützenauer . In 1993 Rainer was sixth at the world championship with a four-man. At the 1994 Winter Olympics he was back on the Austrian Olympic team. Shortly before the start of the competition, however, he was tested positive for metandienone in a doping control and was banned for two years.
Web links
- Gerhard Rainer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ WINTER OLYMPICS: NOTEBOOK; Final, Done, Set in Concrete: They'll Practice Side by Side nytimes.com February 15, 1994
- ↑ doping in Austria sport.oe24.at October 14, 2008
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rainer, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian bobsledder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |