Werner Spring
Swiss bobsledder (1917–1959)
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Werner Spring (27 March 1917 – 1959) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. He won two bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships with one in the two-man event (1951) and the other in the four-man event (1949).
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1949 Lake Placid | Four-man |
| 1951 Alpe d'Huez | Two-man |
Spring also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in both the two-man and four man events at Oslo in 1952.
Spring died in Zug, Switzerland, in 1959.
References
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560–1.
- Werner Spring's profile at Sports Reference.com
External links
- Werner Spring at Olympedia
- Werner Spring at InterSportStats
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