René Henri Theophile Lunden, Baron de Lunden (2 June 1902 – 3 April 1942) was a Belgian bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1939 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.[1]
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| Full name | René Henri Théophile Florent Marie Joseph de Lunden | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Belgian | |||||||||||
| Born | 2 June 1902 Brussels, Belgium | |||||||||||
| Died | 3 April 1942 (aged 39) Chichester, England | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Lunden also competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, finishing eighth in both the two-man and four-man events.[2]
Lunden joined the British RAF during World War II, was commissioned as a Pilot Officer, and was killed in an air crash while returning from a mission in April 1942 aged 39. His body was repatriated to Belgium after the war.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- ^ Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man" and "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7532160/Baron%20RENE%20HENRI%20THEOPHILE%20LUNDEN/
External links
edit- René, Baron de Lunden at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- René BARON LUNDEN at Olympics.com
- René Lunden's biography
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