Axel Kühn (born 22 June 1967 in
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
) is a German
bobsled
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
der who competed in the early 1990s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the
1992 Winter Olympics
)
, nations = 64
, athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women)
, events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines)
, opening = 8 February 1992
, closing = 23 February 1992
, opened_by = President François Mitterrand
, cauldron ...
in
Albertville
Albertville (; Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
It is best known for hosting the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. In 2018, the commune had ...
.
Kühn also won a gold medal in the four-man event at the
1991 FIBT World Championships in
Altenberg.
References
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics
German male bobsledders
Olympic bobsledders of Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Living people
1967 births
Sportspeople from Erfurt
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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