Lorenz Nieberl

Lorenz Nieberl (* June 7, 1919, † April 12, 1968 ) was a German Olympic bobsleigh champion.

When Bob World Cup 1951 in L' Alpe d' Huez Nieberl won as brakeman and brakeman with the Bob pilots Anderl Ostler gold in two-man and four-man bobs in, the four-man event was completed with Xavier Leitl and Michael Pössinger. The following year, German athletes participated for the first time after the Second World War again participate in the Olympics. At the Winter Games in Oslo Ostler and Nieberl won in the two- and together with Friedrich Kuhn and Francis Kemser in the four-man event.

1953 moved Nieberl the pilot Theo putty and won with this bronze in bobsleigh at the home World Cup in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. A year later the Bobweltmeisterschaft was held in Cortina d' Ampezzo. Theo Kitt drove the four-man event with Joseph Green and Klaus Koppenberger the bronze medal.

Nieberl competed for the SC Riessersee. The Olympic gold medal in bobsleigh in 1952 was the first German gold medal after 16 years. Nieberl was married to the skier Evi Lanig, his brother Hans -Peter Lanig was also skier.

1952 Winter Olympics Franz Kemser Hans-Peter Lanig List of Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Hubert Stevens Ivan Brown Alan Washbond Friedrich Waller Lamberto Dalla Costa Giacomo Conti (bobsleigh) Tony Nash (bobsledder) Eugenio Monti Luciano De Paolis Wolfgang Zimmerer Peter Utzschneider Meinhard Nehmer Bernhard Germeshausen Wolfgang Hoppe Dietmar Schauerhammer Gustav Weder Donat Acklin Pierre Lueders Christoph Langen Markus Zimmermann Kevin Kuske Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Voyevoda Eduard Scherrer Alfred Neveu Billy Fiske Richard Parke Eddie Eagan Pierre Musy Arnold Gartmann Joseph Beerli Francis Tyler Ed Rimkus Franz Kapus Vic Emery Peter Kirby Doug Anakin John Emery (bobsleigh) Edy Hubacher Hans Leutenegger Werner Camichel Bernhard Lehmann Bogdan Musiol Roland Wetzig Andreas Kirchner Ekkehard Fasser Kurt Meier Werner Stocker (bobsleigh) Ingo Appelt Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig Marco Jakobs Carsten Embach Martin Putze Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz Hanns Kilian Sebastian Huber Fritz Feierabend Sergio Siorpaes Erwin Thaler Nevio De Zordo Pepi Bader Ralph Pichler Rudolf Lochner Lascelles Brown Francesco Friedrich Werner Zahn Stanley Benham Franz Schelle Walter Steinbauer Manfred Schumann Raimund Bethge Horst Bernhardt Heinz Stettler Ingo Voge Steffen Grummt Ulf Hielscher Alex Metzger Thomas Lamparter Beat Hefti Manuel Machata Richard Adjei Andreas Bredau Maximilian Arndt
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