Werner Delle Karth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Werner Delle Karth

Austrian bobsledder

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1946

Place of Birth: Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

Profession: bobsledder

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Werner Delle Karth

  • Werner Delle Karth (Alternate listings: Werner delleKarth, Werner Delle-Karth) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed during the 1970s.
  • He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Delle Karth earned his best finish of sixth in the four-man event at Innsbruck in 1976.
  • He also took the Athlete's Oath at those same games. Following his retirement from competition, Delle Karth embarked on a coaching career before serving as secretary general of the Austrian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and as a member of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing's Court of Arbitration.Werner's brothers Dieter and Walter Delle Karth also competed for Austria in bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics.
  • In addition one of Werner's sons Nico Delle Karth is a competitive sailor who has been ranked number 1 in the world in the 49er class and who finished fourth in this class at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
  • Nico's older brother Jörg was a helicopter pilot who died after a crash in Gabon in 2012.

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