Albertus "Bart" Carpentier Alting (born 12 March 1954 in

Willemstad Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William I of the Netherlands, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdo ...

) is a former

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

r and bobsledder from

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. He represented his country at the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts� ...

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and at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

in Albertville. In 1988, Carpentier Alting finished in 36th place at men's singles luge. He and Bart Drechsel finished 29th in the two-man bobsleigh event. The event included competitors from countries with little or no snow. These countries included Jamaica (whose involvement spurred the movie Cool Runnings), Mexico, and New Zealand. An informal "Caribbean Cup" of such countries was won by New Zealand's Alexander Peterson and Peter Henry, who finished equal twentieth. In the two-man event, the best result from a completely snow-less country was twenty-ninth by Bart Carpentier Alting and Bart Dreschsel of the

Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...

. At the 1992 Olympics, Carpentier Alting and

Dudley den Dulk Dudley den Dulk (born 24 June 1971) is a Curaçao sprinter who, with Bart Carpentier Alting, represented the Netherlands Antilles in the two man event at the 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 ...

were placed 29th in the two-man bobsleigh competition.

References

1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Willemstad Curaçao sportsmen Dutch Antillean male bobsledders Dutch Antillean male lugers Olympic bobsledders for the Netherlands Antilles Olympic lugers for the Netherlands Antilles Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics {{luge-bio-stub