Emmanuel Hostache

Summary

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.

Emmanuel Hostache
Undated picture of Hostache.
Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Four-man
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man

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 in 2007 after fighting the disease for eight years.

References edit

  1. ^ 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 edit

  • 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
  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile
  • FIBT profile
  • French Athletic Federation news of Hostache's death (in French)