Franz Eckhardt (6 August 1927 – 5 October 2011) was an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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bobsled
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
der who competed in the early 1950s. At the
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...
, he finished fifth in the
four-man event and ninth in the
two-man event.
References
1952 bobsleigh two-man results
External links
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1927 births
2011 deaths
Austrian male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders for Austria
Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics
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