Reto Capadrutt

{{Short description|Swiss bobsledder (1912–1939)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date text|4 March 1912}}

| birth_place = Chur, Switzerland

| death_date = {{death-date and age|3 February 1939|4 March 1912}}

| death_place = St. Moritz, Switzerland

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{{MedalSilver|1932 Lake Placid|Two-man}}

{{MedalSilver|1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen|Four-man}}

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Reto Capadrutt (4 March 1912 – 3 February 1939) was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the two-man event in 1932 and another silver medal in the four-man event in 1936.

Capadrutt also won three medals at the FIBT World Championships, with one gold (Two-man: 1935) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1937, Four-man: 1935).

At the time of the 1932 Winter Olympics, he was linked to a romantic relationship with Elizabeth "Betty" Hood, daughter of John Ahearn. Ahearn was involved in New York City's Tammany Hall politics during the 1920s and 1930s.

While competing in the 1939 Boblet Grand Prix at St. Moritz, Capadrutt went off course, crashed into a tree, and died from his injuries.

References

  • [http://www.todor66.com/olim/1936w/Bobsleigh_Doubles.html 1936 bobsleigh two-man results]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070223171613/http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/viss/story/index.cfm?UID=13&SSID=52 Adirondack Daily Enterprise article on Capadrutt's romance to Hood] - accessed November 28, 2007.
  • [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003134007/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html |date=2018-10-03 }}
  • [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323143804/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html |date=2019-03-23 }}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]

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Category:1912 births

Category:1939 deaths

Category:Bobsledders at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Category:Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Category:Bobsledders who died while racing

Category:Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland

Category:Swiss male bobsledders

Category:Sport deaths in Italy

Category:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh

Category:Medalists at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen

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