{ "id": "epbhmvsd6h", "slug": "werner-stocker", "title": "Werner Stocker", "updated": "2026-10-25", "topic_path": [ { "id": "play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play" }, { "id": "play.individual", "label": "Individual sports and outdoor recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual" }, { "id": "play.individual.winter", "label": "Winter and ice sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.winter" }, { "id": "play.individual.winter.sliding-sports", "label": "Sliding sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.winter.sliding-sports" }, { "id": "play.individual.winter.bobsleigh", "label": "Bobsleigh", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.winter.bobsleigh" }, { "id": "play.individual.winter.bobsledders", "label": "Bobsledders", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.winter.bobsledders" }, { "id": "play.individual.winter.bobsledders.bobsledders_switzerland", "label": "Swiss bobsledders", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/play.individual.winter.bobsledders.bobsledders_switzerland" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.play.individual.winter.sliding-sports", "label": "Western Europe · 1946 to 2000: Sliding sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.play.individual.winter.sliding-sports", "path": [ { "id": "geo.weu", "label": "Western Europe", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946", "label": "Western Europe · 1946 to 2000", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.play", "label": "Sports, games, and recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.play" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.play.individual", "label": "Individual sports and outdoor recreation", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.play.individual" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.play.individual.winter", "label": "Winter and ice sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.play.individual.winter" }, { "id": "geo.weu.t1946.play.individual.winter.sliding-sports", "label": "Sliding sports", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.weu.t1946.play.individual.winter.sliding-sports" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Werner Stocker, born 1961, Swiss bobsledder; brakeman of the Ekkehard Fasser four-man sled that won gold at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics by 0.07 seconds over East Germany.", "snippet": "Werner Stocker, born 1961, Swiss bobsledder; brakeman of the Ekkehard Fasser four-man sled that won gold at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics by 0.07 seconds over East Germany.", "node": "play.individual.winter.bobsledders.bobsledders_switzerland", "markdown": "# Werner Stocker\n\n**Werner Stocker** (born 1961) is a Swiss former bobsledder who won gold in the four-man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary as the brakeman of the Switzerland 1 sled piloted by [Ekkehard Fasser](https://www.edgepedia.org/ekkehard-fasser).[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) • [2](https://xn--meb.pisz.pl/Werner_Stocker) The Calgary victory was the only [Olympic medal](https://www.edgepedia.org/olympic-medal) of his career.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Born | 1961, Switzerland[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) |\n| Sport | Bobsleigh, four-man (Switzerland)[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) |\n| Olympic result | Gold, four-man, 1988 Winter Olympics, Calgary, time 3:47.51[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) • [3](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/werner-stocker/85153) |\n| Crewmates | Ekkehard Fasser (pilot), Kurt Meier, and Marcel Fässler, who replaced Rolf Strittmatter in 1988[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) |\n| Earlier medal | Bronze, four-man, 1987 European Championships, Cervinia[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) |\n| Measurements / club | 178 cm / 78 kg; Bob-Club Zürichsee, Zürich[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) |\n\n## The 1987 crew and its one change\n\nStocker was an economics student at the University of Basel when he joined Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, and Rolf Strittmatter in a four-man crew that finished third at the 1987 European Championships in Cervinia.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) In 1988 Strittmatter was replaced by [Marcel Fässler](https://www.edgepedia.org/marcel-fassler), and this lineup traveled to Calgary.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) Fasser drove the sled.[2](https://xn--meb.pisz.pl/Werner_Stocker)\n\n## Calgary 1988\n\nThe Swiss crew won the four-man competition on 28 February 1988 with a combined time of 3:47.51.[3](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/werner-stocker/85153) The victory was unexpected: the defending Olympic champion sled of [Wolfgang Hoppe](https://www.edgepedia.org/wolfgang-hoppe) from East Germany, the pre-race favorite, lost the race with a disastrous third run, and the Swiss won by a margin of 0.07 seconds.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) The Polish-language summary of the result records that the Swiss sled finished ahead of the East German and Soviet crews.[2](https://xn--meb.pisz.pl/Werner_Stocker)\n\n## After the Olympic title\n\nOlympedia records that Stocker never again won a major international medal and soon returned to his studies in Basel.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863) The two sources disagree on whether he made a second Olympic appearance in 1992; Olympedia's results table lists only the 1988 Games.[1](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Werner Stocker, Olympedia](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/97863)\n2. [Werner Stocker, Encyklopedia internetowa](https://xn--meb.pisz.pl/Werner_Stocker)\n3. [Werner Stocker, bobsleigh, L'Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/fiche/werner-stocker/85153)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Sports, games, and recreation › Individual sports and outdoor recreation › Winter and ice sports › Sliding sports › Bobsleigh › Bobsledders › Swiss bobsledders*\n\n*Initially written Oct 21, 2026 · Edited: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/werner-stocker", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/werner-stocker.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. AI training is open to everyone. 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