Alain Wicki
Swiss skeleton racer
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Alain Wicki (*6. July 1962) is a Swiss skeleton racer who competed from the 1980s to the early first decade of the 21st century. He won a complete set of medals in the men's event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1989, a silver in 1998, and a bronze in 1982.
Wicki won the overall men's Skeleton World Cup title in 1988-9. Before his career in skeleton racing, he played several years in the Swiss basketball team as teenager, but never broke through.
References
- FIBT men's skeleton results: 1928-2005 (link invalid as of December 6, 2007).
- List of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987.
- Men's skeleton world championship medalists since 1989
- Official website
- Skeletonsport.info profile
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World champions in men's skeleton
- 1982: Gert Elsässer (AUT)
- 1989: Alain Wicki (SUI)
- 1990: Michael Grünberger (AUT)
- 1991: Christian Auer (AUT)
- 1992: Bruce Sandford (NZL)
- 1993: Andi Schmid (AUT)
- 1994: Gregor Stähli (SUI)
- 1995: Jürg Wenger (SUI)
- 1996–97: Ryan Davenport (CAN)
- 1998: Willi Schneider (GER)
- 1999: Jimmy Shea (USA)
- 2000: Andy Böhme (GER)
- 2001: Martin Rettl (AUT)
- 2003: Jeff Pain (CAN)
- 2004: Duff Gibson (CAN)
- 2005: Jeff Pain (CAN)
- 2007: Gregor Stähli (SUI)
- 2008: Kristan Bromley (GBR)
- 2009: Gregor Stähli (SUI)
- 2011–12: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
- 2013: Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS)
- 2015–19: Martins Dukurs (LAT)
- 2020–21: Christopher Grotheer (GER)
- 2023: Matt Weston (GBR)
- 2024: Christopher Grotheer (GER)
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