Arnold "Noldi" Gartmann (20 November 1904 – 4 June 1980) was a

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

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 late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the four-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 ...

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...

. Gartmann also won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1935 FIBT World Championships in

St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...

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Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964

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1904 births 1980 deaths Swiss male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub