Bodo Bittner (2 February 1940 – 23 September 2012) was a West 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 late 1970s. He was born in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Inn ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

References

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

at Sports-Reference.com 1940 births 2012 deaths Bobsledders from Berlin Bobsledders at the 1976 Winter Olympics German male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub