- René Spies
René Spies (born
July 5 ,1973 ) is a Germanbobsled der who competed from 1991 to 2006. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 2003 FIBT World Championships inLake Placid, New York .Competing in two
Winter Olympics , Spies earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event atTurin in 2006.His best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was second three times (Combined: 2002-3, Two-man: 2000-1, 2002-3).
Spies retired from
bobsleigh to become atelevision commentator inGermany , but attempted to return to the German national team for the 2007-08 season without success. He announced his retirement from competition on November 1, 2007 which was announced on theFIBT website.References
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/2002w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 2002 bobsleigh two-man results]
* [http://www.todor66.com/olim/2006w/Bobsleigh_Fours.html 2006 bobsleigh four-man results]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100177&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile (birthdate shown is incorrect)]
* [http://www.bobteam.com/de/ Official website] de icon
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-c.html List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-2.html List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/deu/Rene+Spies/602838 Yahoo.com profile of Spies for the 2006 Winter Olympics]
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