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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 November 1894 Friedrichshagen, German Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 July 1945 (aged 50) Poznań, Poland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||
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Fritz Grau (8 November 1894 – 5 July 1945)[1] was a German bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. He won two bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships (two-man: 1933, four-man: 1930). Grau was seriously injured, along with teammates Albert Brehme and Helmut Hopnaann, shortly before the 1932 Winter Olympics. He also finished sixth in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
References
- ^ Fritz Grau at Olympedia
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 558.
- "At Lake Placid". Time. 15 February 1932.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fritz Grau". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
