Sylvester Wackerle (sometimes shown as Silvester Wackerlie, Sr.) (1 January 1908 – 3 March 1978) was a

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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 mid-1950s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the

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with a silver in 1954 and a bronze in

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(tied with Sweden). Wackerle also finished sixth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

References

Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
*Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.

1908 births 1978 deaths German male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for the United Team of Germany {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub