Walter Delle Karth

Walter Delle Karth Jr. (Alternate listings: Walter delleKarth, Walter Delle-Karth; born August 11, 1946 in Innsbruck, Tirol) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid 1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974.

Competing in three Winter Olympics Delle Karth earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Lake Placid in 1980.

In the 1985-86 Bobsleigh World Cup he finished second in the four-man championship.

Delle Karth later became a public relations spokesperson for alpine skier Hermann Maier, a fellow Austrian. He has two brothers, Werner and Dieter.

References

* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1984w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1984 bobsleigh two-man results]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-4.html List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
* [http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200602/u.s.-ski-team-3.html Outside magazine.com article on the US ski team at the 2006 Winter Olympics, including Delle Karth]
*Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In "The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980". New York: Penguin Books. pp. 561-2.
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/walter-delle-karth-2.html sports-reference]