Felix Endrich Explained

Felix Endrich (5 December 1921  - 31 January 1953) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal along with brakeman Fritz Waller in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.[1] [2]

Career

As a pilot, Endrich won four medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (1949, 1953), one silver (1947), and one bronze (1951).

Endrich was killed at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany during the four-man competition when the sled he was driving hurtled over a wall and crashed into a tree. He suffered a broken neck in the collision and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He had also won the two-man world championship a week earlier.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Felix Endrich - Bobsleigh. Olympic.org. October 15, 2014. January 30, 1984.
  2. Book: Wallenchinsky. David. The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. 1984. Penguin Books. New York. 558.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930081213/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,889656,00.html "Death at Garmisch"