Eduard Scherrer
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Eduard Scherrer (April 15, 1890 - July 4, 1972) was a
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bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...
der who competed during the early 1920s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the
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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
*Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-Man". In ''The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 559. 1890 births 1972 deaths Bobsledders at the 1924 Winter Olympics Swiss male bobsledders Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub