Oscar Geier

Oscar Arnold Geier (19 August 1882 – 5 November 1942) was 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 1930s. He won the silver medal in the two-man event at the

1932 Winter Olympics The 1932 Winter Olympics, officially known as the III Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Lake Placid 1932, were a winter multi-sport event in the United States, held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. The games opened on February ...

in Lake Placid. He was born in Zurich,

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 ...

and died in

Mountain Lakes, New Jersey Mountain Lakes is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, and a suburb of New York City. As of the 2010 United States census, the borough's population was 4,160,Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964

1882 births 1942 deaths Sportspeople from Zürich Swiss male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Bobsledders at the 1932 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Swiss emigrants to the United States Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub