Michael Young (bobsleigh)

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Gold 1965 St. Moritz Four-man
Bronze 1965 St. Moritz Two-man

Michael Young (born August 15, 1944 in Port Credit, Ontario) was a Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1960s. He won two medals at the 1965 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz with a gold in the four-man event and a bronze in the two-man event.

The following year, he would be severely injured during a four-man competition at the bobsleigh track in Lake Placid, New York when his sled hit the superstructure of the track at Turns 13 and 14, known as the "Zig-Zag Curves", damaging his face. Young was rushed to the hospital in Lake Placid, then flown to a hospital in Montreal to undergo extensive plastic surgery. This crash killed his fellow compatriot Sergio Zardini and also featured future FIBT president Robert H. Storey.

Young got involved with bobsleigh thanks to his cousin Vic Emery while still a student at the University of Western Ontario. Young and the rest of the four-man crew would be honored in Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Young also finished 17th in the four-man event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.

He would later emigrate to the United States in 1975, settling in Denver, Colorado. Young would later move to Dallas, Texas where he is a business consultant.

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World champions in four-man bobsleigh
1930: Italy - Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, & Gino Rossi * 1931: Germany - Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, & Emil Hinterfeld * 1933: Not held * 1934: Germany - Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber * 1935: Germany - Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber * 1937: Great Britain - Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Byran Black * 1938: Great Britain - Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Chris MacKintosh * 1939: Switzerland - Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli * 1947: Switzerland - Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli * 1949: United States - Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, & William D'Amico * 1950: United States - Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, & William D'Amico * 1951: West Germany - Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, & Lorenz Nieberl * 1953: United States - Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, & Joseph Smith * 1954: Switzerland - Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, & Heinrich Angst * 1955: Switzerland - Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst * 1957: Switzerland - Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, & Heinz Leu * 1958: West Germany - Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, & Walter Haller * 1959: United States - Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Voorhis, & Thomas Butler * 1960: Italy - Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, & Renzo Alverà * 1961: Italy - Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, & Renzo Alverà * 1962: West Germany - Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, & Otto Göbl * 1963: Italy - Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, & Romano Bonagura * 1965: Canada - Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, & Peter Kirby * 1966: West Germany - Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, & Roland Ebert * 1967: Cancelled to weather conditions * 1969: West Germany - Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, & Stefan Gaisreiter * 1970: Italy - Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, & Luciano de Paolis * 1971: Switzerland - René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer * 1973: Switzerland - René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer * 1974: West Germany - Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, & Albert Wurzer * 1975: Switzerland - Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, & Joseph Benz * 1977: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, & Raimund Bethge * 1978: East Germany - Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, & Bogdan Musiol * 1979: West Germany - Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, & Heinz Busche * 1981: East Germany - Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, & Michael Trübner * 1982: Switzerland - Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, & Rico Freiermuth * 1983: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, & Rolf Strittmatter * 1985: East Germany - Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, & Steffen Grummt * 1986: Switzerland - Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser * 1987: Switzerland - Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser * 1989: Switzerland - Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, & Lorenz Schindelholz * 1990: Switzerland - Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, & Curdin Morell * 1991: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, Axel Kühn, & Christoph Langen * 1993: Switzerland - Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, & Domenico Semeraro * 1995: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Rene Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, & Carsten Embach * 1996: Germany - Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, & Olaf Hampel * 1997: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, Rene Hannemann, & Carsten Embach * 1999: France - Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, & Max Robert * 2000: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, & Carsten Embach * 2001: Germany - Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, & Alex Metzger * 2003: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach * 2004: Germany - André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, & René Hoppe * 2005: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze * 2007: Switzerland - Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, & Cedric Grand * 2008: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze
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