Reinhold Durnthaler (Sometimes spelled as Reinhold Dumthaler) (29 November 1942 – 23 October 2017) was an
Austrian
bobsledder who competed in the 1960s.
He won two silver medals in the
four-man event at the
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
and
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...
.
Durnthaler also won two medals at the
FIBT World Championships with gold in the two-man event in
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
and a bronze in the four-man event in
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
.
References
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
1942 births
2017 deaths
Austrian male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders for Austria
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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