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* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964] |
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* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964] |
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* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931] |
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* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930] |
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* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BENZJOS01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile] |
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BENZJOS01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile] |
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* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/election-of-the-chairman-of-the-sport-commission.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=4ca7ee635e FIL-Luge.org June 20, 2008 article on Benz's selection as FIL chairman of the artificial track sport commission] - accessed June 27, 2008. |
* [http://www.fil-luge.org/news/news-detail/article/election-of-the-chairman-of-the-sport-commission.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=45&cHash=4ca7ee635e FIL-Luge.org June 20, 2008 article on Benz's selection as FIL chairman of the artificial track sport commission] - accessed June 27, 2008. |
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Joseph "Josef or Sepp" Benz (born 20 May 1944 in Zurich) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (Two-man: 1980), two silvers (Four-man: 1976, 1980), and one bronze (Two-man: 1976).
Benz also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with three golds (Two-man: 1978, 1979; Four-man: 1981), two silvers (Four-man: 1977, 1978), and three bronzes (Two-man: 1981, Four-man: 1979, 1981).
In 2008, he was named chairman of the Sport Commission for artificial track luge for the International Luge Federation (FIL). Benz also was a postal clerk in his native Switzerland. He served as chairman of the FIL Youth Commission before serving his current FIL position.
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- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- FIL-Luge.org June 20, 2008 article on Benz's selection as FIL chairman of the artificial track sport commission - accessed June 27, 2008.
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