Géza Wertheim (3 July 1910 – 10 August 1979) was a

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

ian

tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...

and

bobsledder 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 ...

. He made thirty appearances for

in the

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

between 1947 and 1957, losing all thirty. He later became President of the

Luxembourg Tennis Federation The Luxembourg Tennis Federation (french: Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Tennis) is the tennis governing body in Luxembourg and responsible for the development of the game in the country. Tennis in Luxembourg Tennis is a popular sport, as it is ...

. He also competed for Luxembourg in the two-man bobsleigh at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

, where the team of Wertheim and

Raoul Weckbecker Raoul Weckbecker (16 July 1898 – 6 October 1978) was a Luxembourgian bobsledder and skier. He competed at the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1928 Winter Olympics, finishing twentieth (out of twenty-three). In 1936 Events January&nda ...

, finished last of twenty-two.

References

1936 bobsleigh two-man results

1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.
- p. 419.
COSL-ALO profile

External links

* 1910 births 1979 deaths Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics Luxembourgian male bobsledders Luxembourgian male tennis players Olympic bobsledders of Luxembourg People from Mamer Presidents of the Luxembourg Tennis Federation {{Luxembourg-bobsleigh-bio-stub