Overview
- Germany’s bobsleigh federation BSD announced the retirement on November 5, with head coach René Spies praising Hafer’s Olympic success and professionalism.
- Hafer won two-man bronze at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics alongside push athlete Matthias Sommer.
- His four-man sled with Michael Salzer, Tobias Schneider and Matthias Sommer finished fourth at the same Games.
- He started on ice as a luge racer at age nine, switched to bobsleigh at 18, debuted in the European Cup in St. Moritz in 2011 and entered the World Cup in 2018.
- A native of Bad Aibling, he now serves as a Polizeiobermeister with the Bavarian police, and his retirement comes months before the 2026 Winter Olympics.