Steve Mesler
Mesler in 2014
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| Full name | Steven Michael Mesler | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States
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| Born |
August 28, 1978 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
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| Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | SteveMesler |
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Four-man | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Stuart McMillan, Brian Shimer | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2002, 2006, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | World Champion, Olympic Champion | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Steven Michael Mesler (born August 28, 1978) is a former American bobsledder and 3-time Olympian, World Champion, and Olympic Gold Medalist. He is the co-founder, President and CEO of the international award winning non-profit education organization, Classroom Champions. Mesler also currently serves on the Board of Directors for the United States Olympic Committee.
Mesler was born in Buffalo, New York, and is Jewish on his mother's side. He attended City Honors School in Buffalo, graduating in 1996.
Mesler attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he competed as a decathlete for the Florida Gators track and field team from 1997 to 2000. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree, with honors, in exercise and sports science in 2000.
Mesler won a gold medal as a pusher for driver Steve Holcomb's U.S. Olympic team in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics. This was the first gold medal for the United States in 62 years.
Mesler's team finished seventh in the four-man event at Turin in 2006. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 2009, a first in 50 years for the United States, and a bronze in 2004.
In March 2011, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and in October 2011 he was inducted into the Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.
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