Horst Floth

West German bobsledder

Horst Floth
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Grenoble Two-man
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo Two-man
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 St. Moritz Two-man

Horst Floth (24 July 1934 in Karlsbad – 6 October 2005 in Feldafing) was a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won silver medals in the two-man event both in 1968 and 1972.

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

A hotelier when he was not in bobsleigh, Floth died from cancer in 2005.

References

  • Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964[dead link]
  • Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
  • BSD announcement of Floth's death – Accessed 12 August 2007 (in German).
  • DatabaseOlympics.com profile
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