Werner Zahn

Werner Zahn (* November 15 1890 in Wiesloch, † January 1, 1971 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German bobsledder, racing driver, pilot and entrepreneur.

His first flight took place Werner Zahn in 1913 and he passed his field pilot exam. In World War I he was part of the squadron of Manfred von Richthofen. In the 1920s he went motorcycle and car races. After the birth of his son Christian in 1926 tooth was able to achieve some success in bobsled: It was 1927 German champions in two-man and four-man and four-man event in 1930. His greatest success was winning international bobsleigh world championship in 1931 in the four-man. At this time tooth had already taken over works of Fritz Schuberth head of the Schuberth. At the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, the controlled dental Bob flew in the first training from a curve. Tooth itself broke his forearm, his brakeman Hans Mehlhorn pulled to a fracture of the left hand, brakeman Heinrich Rossner suffered a spinal compression. Only the third brakeman Helmut Hopmann was ready for use after the accident. Zahn received grounding, so that he missed the second time to participate in the Olympic Games in 1928. Immediately before the start of the Winter Olympics in 1928 tooth had ever had a serious accident, brakeman Werner Schröder crashed fatally. Further international successes could not achieve tooth. In the two-man he was in 1933 again German master, for the 1936 Winter Olympics he was only nominated as substitute. When Bob World Cup in 1938 reached tooth in the two- to sixth place, the same year he was in the two- again German vice-champion.

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