Nationality German Name Rene Spies Residence Winterberg, Germany Club BSC Winterberg Weight 95 kg | Sport Bobsleigh Height 1.85 m Country Germany Role Olympic athlete Retired 2007 | |
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Born 5 July 1973 (age 50) ( 1973-07-05 ) Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | ||
René Spies (born 5 July 1973 in Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2006. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 2003 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
Competing in two Winter Olympics, Spies earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Turin in 2006.
His best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was second three times (Combined: 2002-3, Two-man: 2000-1, 2002-3).
Spies retired from bobsleigh to become a television commentator in Germany, but attempted to return to the German national team for the 2007-08 season without success. He announced his retirement from competition on November 1, 2007 which was announced on the FIBT website.
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