Gottfried Diener

Gottfried Diener

Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing Switzerland
Olympic Games
	1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
World Championships
	1954 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
	1955 St. Moritz	Four-man

Gottfried Diener (November 1, 1926 – May 26, 2015) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the mid-1950s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Diener also won two gold medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships, winning them in 1954 and 1955. He also served as president of the International Crossbow Shooting Union from 1965 to 1999. Diener was named an honorary president of the organization in 2006.

References

• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• International Crossbow Shooting Union article on Diener in 2006. - Access July 30, 2007.
• Gottfried Diener's obituary (German)