| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Rudolf Ludwig•Sönning |
| Used name | Rudolf•Sönning |
| Other names | Rudolf Soenning |
| Born | 5 December 1904 in Memmingen, Bayern (GER) |
| Died | 2 August 1980 (aged 75 years 7 months 28 days) in Memmingen, Bayern (GER) |
| Affiliations | Münchner SC, München (GER) |
| NOC |  Germany |
Dr. Rudolf Sönning finished 18th with the four/five man bob Germany I at the 1928 St. Moritz Winter Olympics. He started for Münchener Sportclub. He later became an ophthalmologist and a politician. Little is known about his bob sleigh career, other than that he took part in the Olympics 1928 in the four/five-man bob.
Between 1950 and 1970 he was a member of the Landtag of Bavaria (1950-52 for the liberal party FDP and from 1952-70 for the Bavarian party CSU). In 1979 he self-published his autobiography Ein unbequemer Zeitgenosse (An Inconvenient Contemporary). In 1975 he was awarded the Paracelsus Medal by the Bundesärztekammer. Sönning was especially a health politician and among other subjects responsible for the introduction of eye tests for driving license applicants.
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | GER |
Rudolf Sönning | |||
| Four/Five, Men (Olympic) | Germany 1 | 18 |
