René Lunden

René Lunden

Personal information
Full name	René Henri Théophile Florent Marie Joseph de Lunden
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1902-06-02)2 June 1902 Brussels, Belgium
Died	3 April 1942(1942-04-03) (aged 39) Chichester, England
Sport
Sport	Bobsleigh
Medal record Bobsleigh World Championships 1939 St. Moritz Two-man

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]

References

1. 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. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7532160/Baron%20RENE%20HENRI%20THEOPHILE%20LUNDEN/

External links

• René, Baron de Lunden at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• René BARON LUNDEN at Olympics.com
• René Lunden's biography