Frederich "Fritz" Kuhn (24 October 1919 – 8 January 2005) was a
West German
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bobsled
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der who competed in the early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event 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 ...
in
Oslo
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.
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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964*
1919 births
2005 deaths
Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics
German male bobsledders
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
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