- Werner Carmichel
Werner Carmichel (
January 26 ,1945 -March 27 ,2006 ) is a Swissbobsled der who competed in the 1970s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the1972 Winter Olympics inSapporo .Carmichel also won two gold medals in the four-man event at the
FIBT World Championships , winning them in 1973 and 1975.Carmichel carried the Swiss flag during the opening ceremonies of the
1976 Winter Olympics inInnsbruck . He later managed the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track inSt. Moritz .References
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=CAMICWER01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/browse/18/article/1972-olympic-champion-and-flag-bearer-of-the-swiss-olympic-team-in-1976.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=157&tx_ttnews%5BpS%5D=1193010393&cHash=8e0cf96209 FIL-Luge news on Carmichel's death.] - Accessed November 24, 2007.
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