Aby Gartmann

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Albert "Aby" Gartmann (April 23, 1930 [1] - April 6, 2018) [2] was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the mid-1950s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1955 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. [3] [4]

Gartmann also finished fourth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. [1]

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References

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  3. Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
  4. Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.