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Walter Delle Karth

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Walter Delle Karth
Personal information
Born11 August 1946 (1946-08-11) (age 78)
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1973 Lake Placid Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1974 St. Moritz Four-man

Walter Delle Karth Jr. (Alternate listings: Walter delleKarth, Walter Delle-Karth, born 11 August 1946 in Innsbruck, Tyrol) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974.

Competing in three Winter Olympics Delle Karth earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Lake Placid in 1980.

In the 1985-86 Bobsleigh World Cup he finished second in the four-man championship.

He has two brothers, Werner and Dieter.

In later years Delle Karth worked as the agent of multiple Olympic, World and World Cup champion alpine skier Hermann Maier.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Not always who they seem". Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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