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 (Combined: 2002-3, Two-man: 2000-1, 2002-3).
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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rené, spies, born, july, 1973, winterberg, north, rhine, westphalia, german, bobsledder, competed, from, 1991, 2006, bronze, medal, event, 2003, fibt, world, championships, lake, placid, york, personal, informationnationalitygermanborn, 1973, july, 1973, winte. Rene Spies born 5 July 1973 in Winterberg North Rhine Westphalia 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 Rene SpiesPersonal informationNationalityGermanBorn 1973 07 05 5 July 1973 age 50 Winterberg North Rhine Westphalia West GermanyHeight1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Weight95 kg 209 lb 15 0 st SportCountry GermanySportBobsleighClubBSC WinterbergRetired2007Medal record Men s BobsleighRepresenting GermanyWorld Championships2003 Lake Placid Two manWorld Cup Championships2001 02 Two man2002 03 Combined2002 03 Two manCompeting 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 Combined 2002 3 Two man 2000 1 2002 3 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 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rene Spies 2002 bobsleigh two man results 2006 bobsleigh four man results Bobsleigh two man world championship medalists since 1931 FIBT profile birthdate shown is incorrect Official website in German List of combined men s bobsleigh World Cup champions 1985 2007 List of two man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985 Yahoo Sports profile for the 2006 Winter Olympics at the Wayback Machine archived 22 May 2011 nbsp This biographical article relating to German bobsleigh is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rene Spies amp oldid 1210182642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
