Patrick Walter "Piet" Biesiadecki[1] (March 9, 1920 – November 26, 2000) was an American bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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1953 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Four-man |
Biesiadecki also finished fifth in the two-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Born and raised in Ware, Massachusetts,[2] Biesiadecki was a career United States Army soldier who served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War and retired from active duty as a sergeant first class. After his death, he was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.[3]
References
edit- ^ 2014 Olympic Winter Games Team USA Media Guide (PDF). United States Olympic Committee. February 2, 2014. p. 369. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- ^ "Patrick Walter Biesiadecki". World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. St. Louis, Missouri: Records of the Selective Service System, National Archives.
- ^ "Biesiadecki, Patrick W". Nationwide Gravesite Locator. National Cemetery Administration. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
- 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. 558.
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