Fritz Feierabend
Fritz Feierabend (29 June 1908 – 25 November 1978) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed at 1936, 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympics. He won three silver and two bronze medals in two-man and four-man events.[1]
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| Born | 29 June 1908 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 November 1978 (aged 70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Feierabend also won twelve medals at the FIBT World Championships with six golds (two-man: 1947, 1950, 1955; four-man: 1939, 1947, 1954), three silvers (two-man: 1949; four-man: 1950, 1955), and three bronzes (two-man: 1938, four-man: 1935, 1949).[1]
Feierabend retired after the 1955 World Championships. Together with his father he constructed bobsleighs, including the first all-steel bobsleigh.[1]
References
- Fritz Feierabend Archived September 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
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- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
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