Heini Bierling

Heini Bierling
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born(1930-08-23)23 August 1930
Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
Died30 January 1967(1967-01-30) (aged 36)
Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany
Sport
SportAlpine skiing

Heinrich "Heini" Bierling (23 August 1930 – 30 January 1967) was a German alpine skier. He competed in the men's slalom at the 1952 Winter Olympics.[1]

Bierling died on 30 January 1967 after a severe training accident for the Munich Ski Championships. He was forced into paraplegia and died three weeks later.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heini Bierling Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Olympians Who Died in Competition or Training". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 May 2022.


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