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West German bobsledder
Horst Floth (24 July 1934 in Karlsbad – 6 October 2005 in Feldafing ) was a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics , he won silver medals in the two-man event both in 1968 and 1972 .
Floth also won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1970 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz .
A hotelier when he was not in bobsleigh , Floth died from cancer in 2005.
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1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier , Andrea Zambelli )
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1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti , Enrico de Lorenzo )
1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes )
1965: Great Britain (Tony Nash (bobsledder) , Robin Dixon )
1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti , Sergio Siorpaes )
1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler , Reinhold Durnthaler )
1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo , Adriano Frassinelli )
1970: West Germany (Horst Floth , Pepi Bader )
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2015–20: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Thorsten Margis )
2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich , Alexander Schüller )
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