Hanns Kilian

Hanns Kilian

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1905-05-02)2 May 1905 Garmisch, German Empire
Died	17 April 1981(1981-04-17) (aged 75) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany
Sport
Sport	Bobsleigh
Medal record Men's Bobsleigh Representing  Germany Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1928 St. Moritz Five-man 1932 Lake Placid Four-man World Championships 1931 Oberhof Two-man 1934 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man 1935 St. Moritz Four-man 1938 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Four-man 1939 St. Moritz Two-man 1939 Cortina d'Ampezzo Four-man

Hans Kilian (alternate listings: Hanns Kilian, Hans Killian, or Hanns Killian (2 May 1905 – 17 April 1981) was a German bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two bronze medals (1928: Five-man, 1932: Four-man).^[1]

Kilian also won seven medals at the FIBT World Championships, including three golds (Two-man: 1931, Four-man: 1934, 1935), one silver (Four-man: 1938), and two bronzes (Two-man and four-man: both 1939).

He was born and died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh five-man Olympic medalists for 1928 Archived 2017-01-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
• Hanns Kilian at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Wallenchinsky, David. (1984). "Bobsled". In The Complete Book the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 558–60.

• Hanns Kilian at Olympedia (archive)
• Hanns Kilian at Olympics.com

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