Josef "Pepi" Bader (29 May 1941 – 30 October 2021) 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 1960s and early 1970s. He was born in

Grainau Grainau (Southern Bavarian: ''Groana'') is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in southern Bavaria, Germany. It is located at the foot of the Zugspitze mountain, the tallest mountain in Germ ...

. Competing in two

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held i ...

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

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

and

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

. Bader also won two medals at the 1970 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz with a gold in the two-man event and a silver in the four-man event. Bader died in

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 ...

on 30 October 2021, at the age of 80.

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

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* * 1941 births 2021 deaths People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) Bobsledders from Upper Bavaria 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 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