Roland Wetzig (born 24 July 1959 in Oschatz, Saxony) is an East German bob pusher for 17-time gold medal winner Wolfgang Hoppe who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man with a gold in 1984 and a bronze in 1980.

Wetzig also won two silver medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, earning them in 1982 and 1987.

Roland Wetzig

References

Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964

Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930

Kluge, Volker (2000). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler. Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf.

Roland Wetzig

1959 births

Living people

German male bobsledders

Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Olympic bobsledders for East Germany

Olympic gold medalists for East Germany

Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany

Olympic medalists in bobsleigh

National People's Army sportspeople

Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics

People from Oschatz

Sportspeople from Saxony

Roland Wetzig