Otto Göbl (16 September 1936 – 17 July 2009) was a

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der who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. He won four medals at the

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, taking home one gold (Four-man:

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), two silvers (Two-man:

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, four-man:

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), and one bronze (Four-man:

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). Göbl also finished fifth in the four-man event at the

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References

Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
*Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.
Otto Göbl's obituary
1936 births 2009 deaths German male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for the United Team of Germany {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub