Yvonne Cernota
Yvonne Cernota (born September 19, 1979 in Halberstadt ; † March 12, 2004 in Berchtesgaden ) was a German bobsleigh driver .
Cernota studied biochemistry in Halle (Saale) . As a pusher, she was part of the team led by bobsleigh pilot Cathleen Martini . At the 2003 World Championships they won the bronze medal in the two-man bobsleigh. In winter 2003/2004 they confirmed this success by winning the European Championship and fourth place at the World Championship in Königssee.
On March 12, 2004, she drove as a pilot in a training run on the bobsleigh and toboggan run at Königssee ( Berchtesgadener Land ) in the lower part of the track in a curve at an acute angle against the inner edge and was thrown off the track. In the accident, she suffered severe head injuries, which she succumbed to on the way to the Berchtesgaden hospital. Her rider Stefan Grandi was thrown out of the bobsleigh and suffered injuries to his arm. The Traunstein police assume a driving error.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Accident Bobsleigh rider Yvonne Cernota fatally injured . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . March 12, 2004, ISSN 0174-4909 ( online [accessed February 13, 2016]).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cernota, Yvonne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bobsledder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th September 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halberstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 2004 |
| Place of death | Berchtesgaden |