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{{short description|American bobsledder}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Brian Shimer
| image            = Брайан Шаймер.jpg
| image_size       = 180px
| caption          = Shimer with bronze medal in Salt Lake City
| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|April 20, 1962}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[bobsleigh]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] | [[Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Four-man|Four-man]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBT World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[FIBT World Championships 1993|1993 Igls]] | Four-man }}
{{MedalBronze | [[FIBT World Championships 1997|1997 St. Moritz]] | Two-man }}
{{MedalBronze | [[FIBT World Championships 1997|1997 St. Moritz]] | Four-man }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[List of Bobsleigh World Cup champions|World Cup Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | 1992–93 | Combined }}
{{MedalGold | 1992–93 | Four-man }}
{{MedalSilver | 1996–97 | Two-man }}
{{MedalBronze | 1992–93 | Two-man }}
{{MedalBronze | 1996–97 | Two-man }}
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'''Brian Shimer''' (born April 20, 1962) is an American [[bobsled]]der who competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in five [[Winter Olympics]], he won the bronze medal in the four-man event at [[Salt Lake City]] in [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002]].

Shimer also won three bronze medals at the [[FIBT World Championships]] with one in the two-man event ([[FIBT World Championships 1997|1997]]) and two in the four-man event ([[FIBT World Championships 1993|1993]], 1997).

He won the 1992–3 [[List of Bobsleigh World Cup champions|Bobsleigh World Cup]] championships both in the four-man and the combined men's events.

Shimer retired after the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] and became head coach of the US men's [[bobsleigh]] team. After the [[United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation]] changed its coaching structure in May 2014 Shimer became head coach for both the men's and women's teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/bobsled/story/_/id/10942699/todd-hays-loses-job-amid-usa-bobsled-big-changes |title=USA Bobsled makes big changes |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=16 May 2014 |website=[[espn.go.com]] |access-date=22 January 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323143804/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html |date=2019-03-23 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025403/http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-c.html List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985–2007]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025356/http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-4.html List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025349/http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-2.html List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020208003825/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/usbios_bobsled/ CNN Sports Illustrated profile of 2002 US bobsled team]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?par_i_id=69253 IOC profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070720030724/http://www.usbsf.com/ContactList.html US Bobsled and Skeleton federation coaching staff]

{{Footer World Cup Champions Bobsleigh Men's Combined}}
{{Footer World Cup Champions Bobsleigh Four-Man}}

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