Friedrich Kuhn
Men's bobsleigh Frederich "Fritz" Kuhn (24 October 1919 – 8 January 2005) was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
Friedrich Kuhn
Hans-Günter Quaschinsky · Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-18369-0011 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Born
- 1919 · Cologne.
- Died
- 2005 · Munich.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- bobsledder · photographer
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Men's bobsleigh Frederich "Fritz" Kuhn (24 October 1919 – 8 January 2005) was a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
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Born at Cologne in 1919, died in Munich in 2005.
The recorded working language is German. Distinctions recorded are Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Fritz Kuhn, Oswald Schelter Zentralbild Quasch. 16.2.1953 IV. Wintersportmeisterschaften der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik für Frieden, Einheit, Demokratie und Sozialismus vom 10.-15.2.1953 in Oberhof
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1919
Friedrich Kuhn born at Cologne.
2005
Friedrich Kuhn died at Munich.
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