Hans Leutenegger (born January 16, 1940 in
Bichelsee-Balterswil) is a
Swiss
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bobsledder who competed in the early 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...
in
Sapporo.
Leutenegger also founded his own
construction firm in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
in 1965, Hans Leutenegger AG, a business that continues . The company has expanded into employment search and a temporary staffing for engineering positions. He also did some acting, working with
Klaus Kinski
Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a c ...
in the 1985
film
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''
Kommando Leopard
''Commando Leopard'' (german: Kommando Leopard) is a 1985 Euro War film directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring Lewis Collins, Klaus Kinski, and Manfred Lehmann.
Plot
In an unnamed Latin American dictatorship, a group of rebel freedom fi ...
'' (Commando Leopard).
References
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
German IMDB profile
1940 births
Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Living people
Swiss male film actors
Swiss male bobsledders
Swiss businesspeople
Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland
Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
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