Steven Michael Mesler (born August 28, 1978) is an American former bobsledder.
Early life and sport career 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.
See also
Florida Gators List of Olympic medalists in bobsleigh List of University of Florida alumni List of University of Florida Olympians List of Jewish Olympic medalists
References
External links
US Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation announcement of the US Olympic men's bobsleigh team. January 17, 2010. Accessed January 18, 2010. LinkedIn Profile Classroom Champions