Joseph Beerli

Joseph Beerli

Beerli (2nd right) at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Born	22 December 1901 (1901-12-22)
Died	4 September 1967(1967-09-04) (aged 65) Stans, Switzerland
Medal record Bobsleigh Representing Switzerland Olympic Games 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man World Championships 1935 St. Moritz Four-man 1938 St. Moritz Two-man 1939 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man 1947 St. Moritz Four-man

Joseph Beerli (22 December 1901 – 4 September 1967) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he won a gold medal in the four-man and a silver in the two-man events.

Beerli also won three medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (four-man: 1939), one silver (four-man: 1935) and one bronze (two-man: 1938). He retired after the 1947 World Championships and until his death in 1967 ran his sports shop.

External links

• Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964 Archived 2011-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• Biography of Joseph Beerli
• Joseph Beerli at Olympedia