Emmanuel Hostache
Emmanuel Hostache (sometimes shown as Emanuel Hostache, 18 July 1975 in La Mure, Isère – 30 May 2007) was a French bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event (tied with Great Britain) at Nagano in 1998.[1] Hostache was born at La Mure, in south-eastern France.
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Medal record
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At the 1999 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Hostache won a gold in the four-man event and a bronze in the two-man event.
Prior to being a bobsledder, Hostache also competed as a track and field athlete in the shot put and discus throw events.
Hostache died of Ewing's sarcoma, a form of cancer in 2007 after fighting the disease for eight years.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emmanuel Hostache Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- FIBT profile
- French Athletic Federation news of Hostache's death (in French)
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