Jan de Man Lapidoth (June 16, 1915 – June 11, 1989) was a
Swedish
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bobsled
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der who competed in the 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event (tied with
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) at the
1953 FIBT World Championships in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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.
At the
1952 Winter Olympics
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in
Oslo
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, Lapidoth finished sixth in the
four-man event and eighth in the
two-man event.
Four years later he finished 13th in the
four-man event at the
1956 Winter Olympics
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.
References
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930*Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 561.
1915 births
1989 deaths
Swedish male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders for Sweden
Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics
20th-century Swedish people
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