Albert Brehme (born 29 June 1903; date of death unknown) was a German

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 in the 1930s. He won two bronze medals at the

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(Two-man:

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, Four-man:

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). He was born in

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. Brehme was seriously injured, along with teammates

Fritz Grau Fritz Grau (8 November 1894 – 5 July 1945) was a German bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won two bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships (two-man: 1933, four-man: 1930). Grau was seriously injured, along with teammates Alber ...

and Helmut Hopnaann, shortly before the

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. He also finished sixth in the two-man event at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...

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References

Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
*Wallechinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. p. 558.

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* 1903 births German male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Germany Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics Year of death missing 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub