Hanns Nägle (born 8 February 1902, date of death unknown) was a German

bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...

der who competed in the late 1920s. He won a bronze medal in the five-man event at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...

St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...

. This was the first medal Germany had ever earned at the Winter Olympics.

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Bobsleigh five-man Olympic medalists for 1928

1902 births Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics German male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Year of death missing Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub