Franz Bednar (31 March 1910 – 9 May 1987) was an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

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 mid-1930s. He finished 13th and last in completing the four runs 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 ...

. He is the older brother of fellow bobsledder

Robert Bednar Robert Bednar (11 July 1911 – 24 July 1993) was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1930s. He finished 13th and last in completing the four runs in the four-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch- ...

References

1936 bobsleigh four-man results1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.
- p. 415. * 1910 births Austrian male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics 1987 deaths Olympic bobsledders for Austria 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-bobsleigh-bio-stub