Franz Krienbühl

Franz Krienbühl (24 March 1929 – 13 April 2002) was a Swiss speed skater who is mostly known for his inventions that changed the sport.Starting his international sporting career only in his late thirties at the 1968 Winter Olympics of Grenoble, Krienbühl mostly skated at the back of the field.However, in 1974, he introduced the one-piece skin suit into speed skating.In spite of the fact that he improved his times dramatically, he was initially laughed at.This biographical article on a speed skater in Switzerland is a stub.
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