André Marius Robin (10 October 1922 – 4 June 2007)
was a French
bobsled
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der who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two
Winter Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of fifth in the
two-man event at
Oslo
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in
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, were a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 1952 in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
Discussions about Oslo hosting ...
. In the
four-man event he finished eleventh.
Four years later he finished 18th in the
four-man event at the
1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( or ), were a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956.
Cortina, which ...
.
References
1952 bobsleigh two-man results
1922 births
2007 deaths
French male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders for France
Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Bobsledders at the 1956 Winter Olympics
20th-century French sportsmen
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