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Josef Sterff

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Josef Sterff
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing  West Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1962 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man
Silver medal – second place 1958 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1959 St. Moritz Four-man

Josef Sterff (2 January 1935 – 7 September 2015) was a West German bobsledder who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. He won a complete set of medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships (gold: 1962, silver: 1958, bronze: 1959). Sterff also finished fifth in the four-man event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

References

  • Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 at the Wayback Machine (archived December 11, 2007)
  • Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 561.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Josef Sterff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  • Josef Sterff's obituary (in German)