Josef Oberhauser (born 23 February 1949) 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 ...
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bobsled
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der who competed in the early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the
1971 FIBT World Championships in
Cervinia
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Etymology
The name of ''Breuil-Cervini ...
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Oberhauser also finished eighth in the two-man event at the
1972 Winter Olympics
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in
Sapporo
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.
References
External links
Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931*Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 1896 - 1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 559.
1949 births
Living people
Austrian male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders for Austria
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