Michael Vogt (born 29 December 1997) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics. Vogt won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 2026 Olympics.
Career At the 2023 European Championships he won a silver medal in the two-man event, along with pusher Sandro Michel, and a bronze medal in the four-man event. He was the junior world champion in 2021. In 2023, Swiss newspaper Le Temps praised his "athletic qualities and technical finesse".
He represented Switzerland at the 2026 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal in the four-man event with a time of 3:38.64. This marked Switzerland's first medal in bobsled since 2014, and first medal in the four-man in 20 years.
Bobsleigh results All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).
Olympic Games Event Two-man Four-man 2022 Beijing 4th 11th 2026 Milano Cortina 6th 3rd
World Championships Event Two-man Four-man 2019 Whistler13th – 2020 Altenberg8th – 2021 Altenberg5th13th 2023 St. Moritz 3rd 5th 2025 Lake Placid5th6th
Personal life Vogt trained as a polymechanic and is from Wangen, Schwyz, Switzerland. As of January 2024, he was dating fellow Swiss bobsleigh pilot Melanie Hasler.
References
External links
Michael Vogt at Milano Cortina 2026 Michael Vogt at the Swiss Olympic Association