Raoul Weckbecker (16 July 1898 – 6 October 1978) was a

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bobsledder 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 Bobsle ...

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. He competed at the four-man bobsleigh event at the

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, finishing twentieth (out of twenty-three). In

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, in

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, Weckbecker finished 22nd (and last) in the two-man bob competition. He also competed in the alpine skiing combined event at the 1936 Games but did not finish the downhill race.

References

1936 bobsleigh two-man results1936 Olympic Winter Games official report.
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