Joseph Beerli (22 December 1901 – 4 September 1967) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he won a gold medal in the four-man and a silver in the two-man events.[1]
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Born | 22 December 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 September 1967 Stans, Switzerland | (aged 65)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beerli also won three medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (four-man: 1939), one silver (four-man: 1935) and one bronze (two-man: 1938). He retired after the 1947 World Championships and until his death in 1967 ran his sports shop.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Joseph Beerli. sports-reference.com
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- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964[dead link]
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964[dead link]
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- Biography of Joseph Beerli
- Joseph Beerli at Olympedia