Hans Candrian (6 March 1938 – 9 January 1999) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Grenoble in 1968.[1] Candrian also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with four silver (Two-man: 1973, Four-man: 1974) and two bronzes (Two-man and four-man: both 1970).
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Men's bobsleigh | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
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1968 Grenoble | Four-man |
World Championships | ||
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1973 Lake Placid | Two-man |
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1974 St. Moritz | Four-man |
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1970 St. Moritz | Two-man |
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1970 St. Moritz | Four-man |
European Championships | ||
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1968 St. Moritz | Four-man |
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans Candrian". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 559.
- Hans Candrian's obituary (in German)
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