Jakob Nirschl

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Jakob Nirschl
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Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1955 St. Moritz Four-man

Jakob Nirschl, sometimes shown as Jakob Nirschel (born April 23, 1925) was a West German bobsledder who competed in the mid-1950s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1955 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Nirschl also finished eighth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

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