Emanuel Hostache

Who was Emanuel Hostache?

Emmanuel Hostache was a French bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Nagano in 1998. Hostache was born at La Mure, in south-eastern France.

At the 1999 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Hostache won a gold in the four-man event and a bronze in the two-man event.

Prior to being a bobsledder, Hostache also competed as an track and field athlete in the shot put and discus throw events.

Hostache died of Ewing's sarcoma, a form of cancer in 2007 after fighting the disease for eight years.