Walter Delle Karth
Personal information
BornAugust 11, 1946
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1973 Lake PlacidFour-man
Bronze medal – third place1974 St. MoritzFour-man

Walter Delle Karth Jr. (Alternate listings: Walter delleKarth, Walter Delle-Karth; born August 11, 1946, in Innsbruck, Tyrol) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1973 and a bronze in 1974.

Competing in three Winter Olympics Delle Karth earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Lake Placid in 1980.

In the 1985-86 Bobsleigh World Cup he finished second in the four-man championship.

He has two brothers, Werner and Dieter.

In later years Delle Karth worked as the agent of multiple Olympic, World and World Cup champion alpine skier Hermann Maier.[1]

References

  1. "Not always who they seem". Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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