Helmut Werzer
Encyclopedia
Helmut Werzer was a West German
bobsledder who competed in the sport during the 1960s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1966 FIBT World Championships
after his teammate Toni Pensperger
was killed during the event. Pensperger would be posthumously awarded the gold medal which Werzer and his surviving teammates Ludwig Siebert
and Roland Ebert
received.
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
bobsledder who competed in the sport during the 1960s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1966 FIBT World Championships
FIBT World Championships 1966
The FIBT World Championships 1966 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy for the sixth time, having hosted the event previously in 1937 , 1939 , 1950, 1954, and 1960. The Four-man event was cancelled following the death of West Germany's Toni Pensperger during competition...
after his teammate Toni Pensperger
Toni Pensperger
Anton "Toni" Pensperger was a West German bobsledder who competed during the 1960s. He was posthumously awarded a gold medal in the four-man event after he was killed during the event at the 1966 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo...
was killed during the event. Pensperger would be posthumously awarded the gold medal which Werzer and his surviving teammates Ludwig Siebert
Ludwig Siebert
Ludwig Siebert is a West German former bobsledder who competed during the 1960s. He won two gold medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships . The gold in 1966 was awarded following a crash that killed his fellow athlete Toni Pensperger during the four-man event...
and Roland Ebert
Roland Ebert
Roland Ebert was a West German bobsledder who competed during the 1960s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1966 FIBT World Championships after his teammate Toni Pensperger was killed during the four-man event...
received.