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Gottfried "Göpf" Kottmann (15 October 1932 – 6 November 1964) was a Swiss rower and bobsledder who competed from the mid-1950s until his death by drowning shortly after his second Olympic appearance in 1964.

Gottfried Kottmann

Personal information
Birth name	Gottfried Kottmann
Born	15 October 1932 Zürich
Died	6 November 1964(1964-11-06) (aged 32) Rüdlingen
Sport
Sport	Rowing Bobsledding
Medal record Representing   Switzerland Men's rowing Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Single sculls European Rowing Championships 1954 Amsterdam Coxed pair 1955 Ghent Coxed pair 1956 Bled Coxed pair 1957 Duisburg Coxed four 1958 Poznań Coxed pair 1959 Mâcon Coxless four Men's bobsleigh World Championship 1960 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man

Rowing

Kottmann, born 1932 in Zürich, started rowing aged 13 with Belvoir Ruderclub in his home city.[1] For several years, he rowed with Rolf Streuli and various coxswains in the coxed pair event. They won the European Rowing Championships in 1954 in Amsterdam, in 1955 in Ghent, and came second in 1956 in Bled.[2] They had qualified for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne but Switzerland was one of four countries to boycott the Games over the Soviet invasion of Hungary.[1] At the 1958 European Rowing Championships in Poznań, Kottmann and Streuli won bronze.[2]

At the 1959 European Rowing Championships in Mâcon, Kottmann won a gold medal in the coxless four event.[3] Two of the four rowers remained part of the coxless four that went to the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where they came sixth.[4] At the 1964 European Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, he competed in single sculls and came in sixth place.[5] Two months later competing at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won a bronze medal in the single sculls event.[1]

Bobsledding

Kottmann won a bronze medal in the four-man bobsleigh event at the 1960 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[6]

Death

He drowned in the Rhine at Rüdlingen while taking part in a military exercise as a diver.[1]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Gottfried Kottmann

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[it] Gottfried Kottmann

Gottfried Kottmann (15 ottobre 1932 – 6 novembre 1964) è stato un bobbista svizzero.

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[ru] Коттман, Готтфрид

Готтфрид Коттман (нем. Gottfried Kottmann, 15 октября 1932[1][2], Цюрих — 6 ноября 1964[2], Рюдлинген) — швейцарский гребец и бобслеист, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр 1964 года в соревнованиях одиночек, трёхкратный чемпион Европы в академической гребле, бронзовый призёр чемпионата мира 1960 года в бобслее.

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