Felix Endrich

Felix Endrich

Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
	1948 St. Moritz	Two-man
World Championships
	1949 Lake Placid	Two-man
	1953 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Two-man
	1947 St. Moritz	Two-man
	1951 Alpe d'Huez	Two-man

Felix Endrich (December 5, 1921 - January 31, 1953) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.

Endrich also won four medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (1949, 1953), one silver (1947), and one bronze (1951).

Endrich was killed at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany during the four-man competition when the sled he was driving hurtled over a wall and crashed into a tree. He suffered a broken neck in the collision and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Endrich had been married less than a month and his bride saw the fatal accident as it happened. He had also won the two-man world championship a week earlier.

References

• Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• DatabaseOlympics.com profile
• Picture of Endrich
• TIME magazine February 9, 1953 article on Endrich's death at the 1953 FIBT World Championships.
• Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. p. 558.