Max Houben

Max Houben ( born May 5, 1898 in Verviers, † February 10, 1949 in Lake Placid, New York / USA) was a Belgian athlete and Bobsportler.

Athletics

Houben participated at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp at the 200 - meter dash and the 4 x 100 - meter relay.

Bobs

In the 1920s, Houben switched from Sprint to bobsledding. He participated four times at the Olympic Winter Games 1928-1948. In the first world championships after the Second World War in 1947 in St. Moritz, he won the silver medal in the four-man and bronze in the two-. The following year he won at the 1948 Olympic Games in the same place the silver medal in the four-man and was 49 years and 278 days, the oldest medalist at the Olympic Winter Games, to him, the Canadian gold medalist in curling Russ Howard at the Winter Games in Turin in 2006 at the age of 50 years and seven days exceeded. Houben was killed at bobsleigh World Cup 1949 in Lake Placid, when his Bob was thrown out of a curve.

Other Sports

Houben was an active soccer player in addition to his main sports and participated as an automotive athletes on the 24 - hour race at Spa-Francorchamps.

Achievements

• St. Moritz 1947: Bronze in the two-, four-man silver in

• St. Moritz 1948: Silver medal in four-man bobsleigh