Horst Floth

Horst Floth ( born July 24, 1934 in Carlsbad, Baden- Württemberg, † 6 October 2005 in Feldafing ) was a German bob pilot. He is considered one of the most successful bobsleigh pilot of the outgoing 1960s and early 1970s.

The trained hotel manager Horst Floth won with his brakeman Pepi Bader at the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble 1968 and Sapporo in 1972, the silver medal in the two-man bob. In 1970, both world champions, a year later, European champion in the two-. German master was starting for the SC Riessersee Pilot 1967 ( with the brakeman Frank Lange) and 1970. He was an honorary citizen of the community Feldafing. Horst Floth died on 6 October 2005 at the age of 71 years to cancer.