Lorenz Nieberl (sometimes spelled as Lorenz Niebert; 7 July 1919, in

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– 12 April 1968) was a

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der who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in

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, he became the first person to win both the two-man and four-man competitions at the same

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. Nieberl also finished sixth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He also won four medals at the

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with two golds (Two-man and four-man: both

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) and two bronzes (Two-man:

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, Four-man: 1954).

References

Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964

* * Wallechinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man." In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896–1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.

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