Felix Endrich
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1948 St. Moritz | Two-man | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1953 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Two-man | |
| Silver | 1947 St. Moritz | Two-man | |
| Silver | 1949 St. Moritz | Two-man | |
| Bronze | 1951 Alpe d'Huez | Two-man | |
Felix Endrich (December 5, 1921 - January 31, 1953) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.
Endrich also won four medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (1953), two silvers (1947, 1949), and one bronze (1951).
Endrich was killed at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany during the four-man competition when the sled he was driving hurtled over a wall and crashed into a tree. He suffered a broken neck in the collision and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Endrich had been married less than a month and his bride saw the fatal accident as it happened. He had also won the two-man world championship a week earlier.
[edit] References
- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- Picture of Endrich
- TIME magazine February 9, 1953 article on Endrich's death at the 1953 FIBT World Championships.
- Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. p. 558.
|
|||||
  This article about a Swiss Winter Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
