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Werner Delle Karth

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Werner Delle Karth
Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1973 Lake Placid Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1974 St. Moritz Four-man

Werner Delle Karth (Alternate listings: Werner delleKarth, Werner Delle-Karth) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed during the 1970s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974.

Competing in two Winter Olympics, Delle Karth earned his best finish of sixth in the four-man event at Innsbruck in 1976. He also took the Athlete's Oath at those same games.

Following his retirement from competition, Delle Karth embarked on a coaching career before serving as secretary general of the Austrian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and as a member of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing's Court of Arbitration.[1]

Werner's brothers Dieter and Walter Delle Karth also competed for Austria in bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics.[2] In addition one of Werner's sons Nico Delle Karth is a competitive sailor who has been ranked number 1 in the world in the 49er class and who finished fourth in this class at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] Nico's older brother Jörg was a helicopter pilot who died after a crash in Gabon in 2012.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Ferriani, Ivo; Gardella, Ermanno (18 May 2011). "FIBT congratulates Werner Delle-Karth to his 70. birthday". Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ Mallon, Bill (20 January 2014). "Multiple Siblings at the Winter Olympics". OlympStats. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. ^ "ISAF Sailor: Official Biography - Nico Delle-Karth". International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. ^ "FIBT mourns the son of Werner Delle Karth". Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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