| Moritz Heidegger | |||||||
| Nationality: | Liechtenstein | ||||||
| Sport: | Bobsleigh | ||||||
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| Birth Date: | 4 December 1932 | ||||||
Moritz Heidegger (4 December 1932 - 12 February 1956) was a Liechtensteiner bobsledder who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. He died in a bobsledding accident the following month.
Heidegger was from Triesen and was the son of Liechtenstein government councillor Marzell Heidegger.[1] He took part in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He competed in the two-man event with his pusher Weltin Wolfinger. However, the duo was in last place after the second of four runs and therefore did not start again.[2]
Two weeks later, the two athletes started on the Olympic Bob Run in St. Moritz. During the race, the bobsleigh skidded and the track collapsed, as a result of which it overturned several times. Despite wearing a helmet, Heidegger was severely hit in the back of the head by the bumpers. The President of the Liechtenstein Federation, baron Eduard Theodor von Falz-Fein, immediately drove Heidegger to the hospital in Samedan. However, Heidegger did not regain consciousness and died a few days later. As a result, bobsleighing was temporarily banned in Liechtenstein.[3]
His brother Jakob had died in a motorcycling accident the year prior.
