Horst Floth
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's bobsleigh | ||
Representing  West Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1968 Grenoble | Two-man |
| 1972 Sapporo | Two-man |
| World Championships | ||
 | 1970 St. Moritz | Two-man |
| European Championships | ||
| 1970 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Two-man |
Horst Floth (24 July 1934 in Karlsbad – 5 October 2005 in Feldafing) was a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won silver medals in the two-man event both in 1968 and 1972.[1]
Floth also won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1970 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.
A hotelier when he was not in bobsleigh, Floth died from cancer in 2005.
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Horst Floth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964 Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- BSD announcement of Floth's death – Accessed 12 August 2007 (in German).
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
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