布赖恩-夏默（brian shimer） （雪橇 美国）
salt lake city, olympic medals plaza, 24 february 2002: brian shimer and mike kohn of the united states listen to the applause after receiving their bronze medals of the men's 2-man bobsleigh at the medal awards ceremony during the xix olympic winter games.
born: 20 april 1962
birthplace: naples (united-states)
nationality: naples (united-states)
sport: bobsleigh
attendance at the olympic games
calgary 1988
albertville 1992
lillehammer 1994
salt lake city 2002
awards
olympic medals:
bronze: 1
details
other results:
world championships
bronze: 3 (93, 97)
the fifth time is the charm
brian shimer competed in the olympics for the first time in 1988, only 2½ years after his fist slide down a bobsleigh run. he placed 16th in the four-man event. at the 1992 albertville games, he switched to the two-man event and finished seventh. he was back in 1994, but took the 13th place. in 1998, shimer qualified for both bobsleigh events at the nagano olympics. he placed tenth in the two-man race. although his fifth-place finish in the four-man was his best yet, it was also his most agonizing because he missed a medal by only two hundredths of a second. refusing to give up, shimer qualified for the olympics a fifth time in 2002, this time in the four-man. by now he was 39 years old and it appeared to be his last chance to compete in the olympics. teamed with mike kohn, doug sharp and dan steele, shimer was in only fifth place after the first two of four heats. however he improved dramatically the second day. by recording the fastest time of the fourth and final run, shimer moved into third place and successfully completed his 14-year quest for an olympic medal.
生日：1962年4月20日
出生地：拿坡里，美国
国籍: 美国
项目: 雪橇
参加奥运会时间：
1988年加拿大卡尔加里冬季奥运会
1992年法国阿尔贝维尔冬季奥运会
1994年挪威利勒哈默尔冬季奥运会
1998年日本长野冬季奥运会
2002年盐湖城冬季奥运会
奥运成绩:
铜牌1 枚
其他成绩:
世界锦标赛
铜牌3 枚 1993年1997年
第五次努力取得成功
布赖恩-夏默在接触雪橇运动两年半后，就参加了1988年加拿大卡尔加里冬季奥运会的雪橇比赛，他们在四人雪橇比赛中名列16。夏默在1992 年法国阿尔贝维尔冬奥会两人雪橇比赛中名列第七。1994年他再次参加了挪威利勒哈默尔冬奥会，这次的成绩是第13名。在1998年他来到日本长野，在双 人雪橇项目上名列第10，四人雪橇比赛中名列第五，尽管这已经是他历次参加奥运会中所取得的最好成绩，但他仍然与奥运奖牌无缘。2002年39岁的夏默来 到盐湖城参加自己的最后一次奥运会，终于在第五次努力后，他获得了胜利，他和队友在四人雪橇比赛中夺取一枚铜牌，也实现了自己奥运奖牌的梦想。