René Hoppe

René Hoppe

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1976-12-09) 9 December 1976 Oelsnitz, Saxony, East Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Bobsleigh
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
Medal record Men's Bobsleigh Representing Germany Olympic Games 2006 Turin Four-man World Championships 2000 Altenberg Four-man 2003 Lake Placid Four-man 2004 Königssee Four-man 2005 Calgary Four-man 2008 Altenberg Four-man 2000 Altenberg Two-man 2001 St. Moritz Four-man 2007 St. Moritz Four-man

René Hoppe (born 9 December 1976 in Oelsnitz, Saxony) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 1998. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Kevin Kuske, André Lange, and Martin Putze.

Hoppe also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with five golds (Four-man: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008), two silvers (Two-man: 2000, Four-man: 2001), and one bronze (Four-man: 2007).

References

• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• FIBT profile