Harald Winkler (born 17 December 1962) is 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 ...
n
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 late 1980s and early 1990s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates
Ingo Appelt,
Gerhard Haidacher
Gerhard Haidacher (born 29 April 1963) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler and Thomas Schroll at the 1992 Winter Olym ...
and
Thomas Schroll
Thomas Schroll (born 26 November 1965) is an Austria former bobsledder who competed from the late-1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the four-men event with teammates Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler and Gerhard Haidacher at the 199 ...
at the
1992 Winter Olympics
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, athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women)
, events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines)
, opening = 8 February 1992
, closing = 23 February 1992
, opened_by = President François Mitterrand
, cauldron ...
in
Albertville
Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
It is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In 2018, the commune had ...
.
Winkler also won two medals in the four-man event at the
FIBT World Championships
The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, championships of non-Winter Olympic ...
with a silver in
1993
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and a bronze in
1990
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.
References
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
1962 births
Austrian male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic bobsledders for Austria
Olympic gold medalists for Austria
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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