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René Spies
Bobsleigh, Olympic athlete
1973 –
Who is René Spies?
René Spies 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.
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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