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References
- 1928 men's skeleton results
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Skeleton (Cresta Run)". The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 576.
- Alexander Berner's profile at Sports Reference.com
