Franz Sagmeister (born 21 October 1974)
is a German
bobsled
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der who competed from 1997 to 2005. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the
2003 FIBT World Championships in
Lake Placid, New York
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.
Competing in two
Winter Olympics
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, Sagmeister earned his best finish of sixth in the two-man event at
Salt Lake City
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in
2002
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.
Sagmeister retired at the end of 2005, but attempted to come back with the German national team for the
2007-08 season with
René Spies without success.
References
2002 bobsleigh two-man resultsFIBT profileOfficial website
1974 births
Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
German male bobsledders
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Germany
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