Fritz Stöckli

Fritz Stöckli

Stöckli (left) vs. Bengt Fahlkvist at the 1948 Olympics
Personal information
Born	15 May 1916
Died	December 1968 (aged 52)
Sport
Sport	Freestyle wrestling, bobseigh
Medal record Representing  Switzerland Men's freestyle wrestling Olympic Games 1948 London 87 kg European Championships 1946 Istanbul 87 kg Bobsleigh World Championships 1953 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Two-man

Fritz Karl Stöckli (15 May 1916 – December 1968) was a Swiss bobsledder and freestyle wrestler. As a wrestler he won silver medal in the light-heavyweight division at the 1946 European Championships and 1948 Summer Olympics; in 1946 he lost in the final to Bengt Fahlkvist, but avenged the loss in 1948.^[1]

As a bobsledder Stöckli finished fourth in the four-man event at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Next year he won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A week later in the four-man event, Stöckli would escape with minor injuries by landing on top of an American jeep after being thrown from the sled that took the life of his fellow Swiss Felix Endrich. Stöckli retired soon after that accident.^[1]

References

1. Fritz Stöckli's profile at Sports Reference.com

External links

• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• "Death at Garmisch". Time. 9 February 1953. About the 1953 accident.
• Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. p. 558.