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Fritz Sperling

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Fritz Sperling
Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1973 Lake Placid Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1974 St. Moritz Four-man

Fritz Sperling (1 August 1945 – 16 September 2022) was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974.

Competing in three Winter Olympics, Sperling earned his best finish of fourth in the two-man event at Innsbruck in 1976.[1]

Sperling died on 16 September 2022, at the age of 77.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fritz Sperling Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Trauer um Bobpilot Fritz Sperling". olympia.at (in German). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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