Jean Moillen (1903 – 14 February 1952) was a

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who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He competed in the five-man event at the

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. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the first

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at the

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hotel in

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. He and his cousin

André Moillen André Moillen (1906 – 14 February 1952) was a Switzerland, Swiss Bobsleigh, bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He competed in the Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter Olympics, five-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympi ...

, also a bobsledder whom Moillen competed alongside, were later killed in a car accident, in 1952.

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1903 births 1952 deaths Swiss male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing Road incident deaths in Switzerland 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub