Franz Kapus

Franz Kapus

Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing Switzerland
Olympic Games
	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
World Championships
	1955 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1950 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
	1951 Alpe d'Huez	Four-man
	1955 St. Moritz	Two-man

Franz Kapus (April 12, 1909 in Zurich – March 4, 1981 in Zurich) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1950s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the four-man event at Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.

Kapus also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 1955) and three bronzes (Two-man: 1955, Four-man: 1950, 1951).

References

• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled: Four-Man". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560-1.