Fabienne Meyer | |
Nationality: | Swiss |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Birth Place: | Langenthal, BE, Switzerland |
Residence: | Willisau, LU, Switzerland |
Height: | [2] |
Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
Sport: | Bobsleigh |
Event: | two-women |
Coach: | Marcel Rohner Petr Ramseidl |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Fabienne Meyer (born 28 November 1981) is a Swiss former bobsledder who has been competing since 2005.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
She competed with Hanne Schenk in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where they finished in tenth place.[5] She also participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Meyer retired from competition after the 2013-14 season.[6]