Éric Le Chanony

Éric Le Chanony competed with the French national bobsleigh team from 1990-2000, winning a bronze medal at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics in the four-man, along with Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache and Max Robert. The highlight of his bob career was at the 1999 World Championships, when Le Chanony rode on the same four-man sled that won a gold medal at Cortina d’Ampezzo. The team also won the 2000 European title, and he also won a bronze medal at the 1995 Worlds in Winterberg with Éric Alard. Le Chanony came to bobsledding from track & field where he competed in the discus throw and decathlon. He later entered coaching and sports administration and in 2009 was named adjoint technical director of the Fédération Française des Sports de Glace (FFSG).