Fritz Karl Stöckli (15 May 1916 – December 1968) was a

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der and freestyle wrestler. As a wrestler he won silver medal in the light-heavyweight division at the 1946 European Championships and

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; in 1946 he lost in the final to Bengt Fahlkvist, but avenged the loss in 1948. As a bobsledder Stöckli finished fourth 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 ...

. Next year he won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in

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. A week later in the four-man event, Stöckli would escape with minor injuries by landing on top of an American jeep after being thrown from the sled that took the life of his fellow Swiss Felix Endrich. Stöckli retired soon after that accident.

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''. 9 February 1953. About the 1953 accident. *Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 558. 1916 births 1968 deaths Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics Swiss male bobsledders Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic wrestlers for Switzerland Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Swiss male sport wrestlers 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-wrestling-bio-stub