Walter Gilik

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameWalter•Gilik
Used nameWalter•Gilik
Born29 July 1938 in Opava, Moravskoslezský kraj (CZE)
Measurements186 cm / 88 kg
AffiliationsSV Ohlstadt, Ohlstadt (GER)
NOC West Germany

Biography

Walter Gilik competed as a bobsledder in the four-man event at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics and came in fifth with the bob West Germany II. In 1976 Gilik was a member of the four-man bob that won the European Championships. He never won a West German national title, but later regularly participated in senior bobsleigh tournaments.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1972 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) FRG Walter Gilik
Four, Men (Olympic) West Germany 2 5

Special Notes