Piet Biesiadecki

Patrick Walter "Piet" Biesiadecki^[1] (March 9, 1920 – November 26, 2000) was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Biesiadecki also finished fifth in the two-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Born and raised in Ware, Massachusetts,^[2] Biesiadecki was a career United States Army soldier who served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War and retired from active duty as a sergeant first class. After his death, he was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.^[3]

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