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Beat Hefti

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Beat Hefti (born 3 February 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he has won a total of four Olympic medals. A gold medal in Sochi (two-man, 2014), two bronze medals in Turin (two-man and four-man, 2006) and another bronze medal in Salt Lake City (two-man, 2002). Hefti has also won four medals at the World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 2007), one silver (Four-man: 1999), and two bronzes (Two-man: 2001, 2005). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Beat Hefti is the 5,373rd most popular athlete (down from 3,763rd in 2024), the 1,009th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 880th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Swiss Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Beat Hefti ranks 5,373 out of 6,025. Before him are Alonso Edward, Shaolin Sándor Liu, Alexander Wolf, Oleksy Lukashevych, Carlos Condit, and Kateryna Tarasenko. After him are Simone Collio, Irina Stankina, David Moravec, Aneta Konieczna, Agata Wróbel, and Eric Bergoust.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Beat Hefti ranks 1,221. Before him are Lauren Groff, Nikša Skelin, Peter Cklamovski, Jesús España, Daniel Franzese, and Alexander Wolf. After him are Aneta Konieczna, Bartosz Soćko, Virginia Williams, Masataka Sakamoto, Svetoslav Todorov, and Francisco Pérez Sanchez.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Beat Hefti ranks 1,009 out of 1,015. Before him are Nedim Bajrami (1999), Nadine Fähndrich (1995), Stefanie Heinzmann (1989), Fabian Rieder (2002), Michael Lammer (1982), and Davide Chiumiento (1984). After him are Ramon Zenhäusern (1992), Fabienne Suter (1985), Fabio Leimer (1989), Luca Aerni (1993), Daniel Yule (1993), and Nassim Ben Khalifa (1992).

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Among ATHLETES In Switzerland

Among athletes born in Switzerland, Beat Hefti ranks 71. Before him are Xeno Müller (1972), Patrizia Kummer (1987), Diana Romagnoli (1977), Daniela Meuli (1981), Gian Simmen (1977), and Thomas Lamparter (1978). After him are Simon Schoch (1978), Nevin Galmarini (1986), Martin Annen (1974), Nina Christen (1994), Sarah Höfflin (1991), and Benjamin Weger (1989).

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