Jean Wicki (born 18 June 1933) is a
Swiss
Swiss may refer to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internation ...
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 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two
Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...
, he won three medals with one gold (Four-man:
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1972, Four-man:
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
).
References
Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070824184428/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WICKIJEA01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile
1933 births
Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Living people
Swiss male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders of Switzerland
Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland
Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
20th-century Swiss people
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