Jean Moillen

{{Short description|Swiss bobsledder (1903–1952)}}

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| nationality = Swiss

| sport = Bobsleigh

| birth_date = 1903

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| death_date = 14 February {{death year and age|1952|1903}}

| death_place = Corseaux, Switzerland

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Jean Moillen (1903 – 14 February 1952) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He competed in the five-man event at the 1928 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/jean-moillen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/jean-moillen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jean Moillen Olympic Results |accessdate=6 April 2018}} He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the first FIBT World Championships in Montreux, Switzerland at the Caux-sur-Montreux hotel in 1930.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930].

He and his cousin André Moillen, also a bobsledder whom Moillen competed alongside, were later killed in a car accident, in 1952.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/95534|title=Olympedia – Jean Moillen|website=www.olympedia.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/lists/58/manual|title=Olympedia – Olympians Who Died in Motor Vehicle Accidents (Boat/Car/Motorcycle/Train)|website=www.olympedia.org}}

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