René Lunden Explained

René Henri Theophile Lunden, Baron de Lunden (2 June 1902  - 3 April 1942) was a Belgian bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1939 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.^[1]

Lunden also competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, finishing eighth in both the two-man and four-man events.^[2]

Lunden joined the British RAF during World War II, was commissioned as a Pilot Officer, and was killed in an air crash while returning from a mission in April 1942 aged 39. His body was repatriated to Belgium after the war.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• • • René Lunden's biography

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
2. Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man" and "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560.
3. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7532160/Baron%20RENE%20HENRI%20THEOPHILE%20LUNDEN/