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'''Werner Spring''' was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[bobsled]]der who competed in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the [[FIBT World Championships]] with one in the two-man event ([[FIBT World Championships 1951|1951]]) and the other in the four-man event ([[FIBT World Championships 1949|1949]]. |
'''Werner Spring''' (27 March 1917 – 1959) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[bobsled]]der who competed in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the [[FIBT World Championships]] with one in the two-man event ([[FIBT World Championships 1951|1951]]) and the other in the four-man event ([[FIBT World Championships 1949|1949]]). |
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Spring also competed in two [[Winter Olympics]], earning his best finish of fourth in both the two-man and four man events at [[Oslo]] in [[1952 Winter Olympics|1952]]. |
Spring also competed in two [[Winter Olympics]], earning his best finish of fourth in both the two-man and four man events at [[Oslo]] in [[1952 Winter Olympics|1952]]. |
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Spring died in [[Zug]], Switzerland, in 1959. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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*[http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]{{dead link|date=July 2023}} |
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*[http://www.bobsleigh.com/results/historical_results_men's%20bob.htm FIBT men's bobsleigh results: 1924-2005] |
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*[http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]{{dead link|date=July 2023}} |
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*Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. pp. |
*Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560–1. |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102845/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/werner-spring-1.html Werner Spring's profile at Sports Reference.com] |
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==External links== |
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Latest revision as of 05:24, 14 August 2023
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1949 Lake Placid | Four-man |
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1951 Alpe d'Huez | Two-man |
Werner Spring (27 March 1917 – 1959) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships with one in the two-man event (1951) and the other in the four-man event (1949).
Spring also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in both the two-man and four man events at Oslo in 1952.
Spring died in Zug, Switzerland, in 1959.
References[edit]
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931[dead link]
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930[dead link]
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560–1.
- Werner Spring's profile at Sports Reference.com
External links[edit]
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