Harry Warburton

In the mid-1950s, Harry Warburton was one of Switzerland’s top bobsledders. He got his first major taste of success at the 1954 World Championships, where he won the four-man event alongside [Heiri Angst], [Gottfried Diener], and [Fritz Feierabend]. Feierabend and Warburton were on a different Swiss crew at the 1955 edition, with [Aby Gartmann] and [Rolf Gerber], and finished in second place behind their compatriots. They managed to best Angst and [Franz Kapus] in the two-man event, however, and claim gold. At the 1956 Winter Olympics Warburton teamed up with Heiri’s brother, [Max], and took bronze in the two-man, while also coming in fourth in the four-man. He retired from active competition shortly after the Games.