Heini Bierling Explained

Heini Bierling
Nationality:German
Sport:Alpine skiing
Birth Date:23 August 1930
Birth Place:Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
Death Place:Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany

Heinrich "Heini" Bierling (23 August 1930  - 30 January 1967) was a German alpine skier. He competed in the men's slalom at the 1952 Winter Olympics.[1]

Bierling died on 30 January 1967 after a severe training accident for the Munich Ski Championships. He was forced into paraplegia and died three weeks later.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Heini Bierling Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223853/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/heini-bierling-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 March 2018.
  2. Web site: Olympians Who Died in Competition or Training . Olympedia . 27 May 2022.