Harry Warburton
Harry Warburton medal table |
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Switzerland | ||
winter Olympics | ||
bronze | Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | Two-man bobsleigh |
ISBF World Championships | ||
gold | Cortina d'Ampezzo 1954 | Four-man bobsleigh |
gold | St. Moritz 1955 | Two-man bobsleigh |
silver | St. Moritz 1955 | Four-man bobsleigh |
Harry Warburton ( April 10, 1921 - May 13, 2005 ) was a Swiss bobsleigh driver .
successes
Together with Max Angst, he won a bronze medal in the two-man bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956 .
Warburton also won three medals at the ISBF World Championships : two gold medals , 1955 in two and 1954 in four, as well as a silver in four in 1955. He started in 1954 with Heinrich Angst , Gottfried Diener and Fritz Feierabend . Feierabend and Warburton won silver behind their compatriots at the 1955 championships with Aby Gartmann and Rolf Gerber in a different combination . In the two-man competition, however, they could prevail against Heinrich Angst and Franz Kapus . In 1956 Warburton drove with Heinrich's brother Max. Soon after the Olympic Games, he retired from active sports.
literature
- Carl Posey: XV Olympiad: Helsinki 1952, Cortina D'Ampezzo 1956. [The Olympic Century, Vol. 13], Warwick Press Inc., 2015: [1] . ISBN 1987944127 , 9781987944129
Web links
- Bobsleigh two at the Olympics 1932-56 and from 1964
- Harry Warburton in the database of olympic.org (English)
- Harry Warburton in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Warburton, Harry |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss bobsledder |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1921 |
DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 2005 |