Roland Wetzig Explained

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.

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.