Horst Floth (24 July 1934 in

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– 5 October 2005 in

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) was a

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der who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two

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, he won silver medals in the two-man event both in

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and

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. Floth also won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1970 FIBT World Championships in

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. A

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ier when he was not in

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, Floth died from

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in 2005.

References

Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964

– Accessed 12 August 2007 .

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* * 1934 births 2005 deaths People from Karlsruhe (district) Sportspeople from Karlsruhe (region) Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics German male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for West Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Deaths from cancer in Germany Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub