Willy Bernath
Willy Bernath 
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| nation |
 Switzerland
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| birthday | March 1, 1914 |
| place of birth |
La Chaux-de-Fonds , Switzerland
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| date of death | June 13, 1991 |
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| job | Coachbuilder |
Willy Bernath , or Willi Bernath (born March 1, 1914 in La Chaux-de-Fonds ; † June 13, 1991 ) was a Swiss cross-country skier and coachbuilder .
biography
In the early 1930s, Bernath had completed training as a body scraper in Hamburg and Zurich . After graduation, he did not initially work in the profession he had learned, but was active as a ski athlete . In 1936 he became Swiss champion of the four combination in Davos and then took part in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , where he finished 31st. Bernarth then stayed in the United States for a few months . After returning to Switzerland, he took over the body repair business that his father had founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1924. From 1938 onwards, Bernath started to build complete automobile bodies at the customer's request.
Bernath's bodies
The Auto Carrosserie Willy Bernath company existed as a body manufacturer from 1938 to 1946. During this time, 24 convertible bodies were built in La Chaux-de-Fonds, which were characterized by an “avant-garde design”, especially on the front of the car.
Web links
- Willi Bernath on skisport365.com
- Willy Bernath in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Willy Bernath at olympic.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schweizer Illustrierte Zeitung of March 4, 1936 (with illustrations).
- ↑ Hediger: Swiss Classics 37-1, p. 58 ff.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bernath, Willy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bernath, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cross-country skier and coachbuilder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1991 |