Heinz Leu
Heinz Leu was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the mid-1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1957 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz with Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli and Hans Zoller.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bobsleigh | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 1957 St. Moritz | Four-man | |
In December 1968 he acted as stuntman for actor George Lazenby in the James Bond cinema film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" at the bob chase scene with actor Telly Savalas near the new revolving restaurant Piz Gloria on the Schilthorn.
Heinz Leu was born 9 August 1934 in Zurich and was a graduate of the Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, an international private boarding school in Zuoz, near St.Moritz in Switzerland.
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- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- The bob chase scene in the film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) on Youtube
- Article about Heinz Leu as stuntman in the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" in broschure of Schilthorn
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