René Charlet
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | René Édouard Charlet |
| Nationality | French |
| Born | 26 April 1903 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France |
| Died | 18 July 1971 (aged 68) Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Bobsleigh |
René Charlet (April 26, 1903 – July 18, 1971)[1] was a French bobsledder who competed from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 9th in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 1948. In 1936 he failed to finish in the four-man event. In 1955, he was arrested for an incident in which he struck a pregnant woman with his cane after an altercation over lottery tickets. The subsequent scandal effectively ended his public career.
References
- 1936 bobsleigh four-man results
- 1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.(in German) - p. 416.
- 1948 bobsleigh four-man results
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