Anton "Toni" Pensperger (died 1966) was a West German

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 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

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...

 in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the southern Alps located in Veneto, a region in Northern Italy. Located in the heart of the Dolomites in an alpine valley, it is a popular winter sport resort known for its ski-ranges, scenery, accommodations, shops and après-ski scene...

. 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...

, Helmut Werzer

Helmut Werzer

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...

, 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...

 would receive their golds as well.

A street in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...

, Toni Pensperger Strasse, is named in Pensperger's honor.