René Lunden

René Lunden
Personal information
Full nameRené Henri Théophile Florent Marie Joseph de Lunden
NationalityBelgian
Born(1902-06-02)2 June 1902
Brussels, Belgium
Died3 April 1942(1942-04-03) (aged 39)
Chichester, England
Sport
SportBobsleigh
Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1939 St. Moritz Two-man

René Henri Theophile Lunden, Baron de Lunden (2 June 1902 – 3 April 1942) was a Belgian bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s. He won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1939 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.[1]

Lunden also competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, finishing eighth in both the two-man and four-man events.[2]

Lunden joined the British RAF during World War II, was commissioned as a Pilot Officer, and was killed in an air crash while returning from a mission in April 1942 aged 39. His body was repatriated to Belgium after the war.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
  2. ^ Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled: Two-man" and "Bobsled: Four-man". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558, 560.
  3. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7532160/Baron%20RENE%20HENRI%20THEOPHILE%20LUNDEN/


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