Sebastian "Wastl" Huber (26 June 1901 in Füssen – 6 March 1985 in Munich) was a German bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid-1930s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two bronze medals at the Winter Olympics, earning Germany its first Winter Olympic medal in (1928) and in the four-man event (1932).[1]
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Bobsleigh | ||
Representing  Germany
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Representing  Germany
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1928 St. Moritz | Five-man |
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1932 Lake Placid | Four-man |
| World Championships | ||
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1931 Oberhof | Two-man |
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1934 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Four-man |
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1935 St. Moritz | Four-man |
Huber earned three gold medals at the FIBT World Championships with one in the two-man event (1931) and two in the four-man event (1934, 1935).
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sebastian Huber". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964[dead link]
- Bobsleigh five-man Olympic medalists for 1928[dead link]
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Sebastian Huber at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558–60.
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