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Place of Birth: Winterberg, Free State of Prussia, Germany
About René Spies
- René Spies (born 5 July 1973 in Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2006.
- He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 2003 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Spies earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Turin in 2006. His best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup was second three times (Combined: 2002-3, Two-man: 2000-1, 2002-3). Spies retired from bobsleigh to become a television commentator in Germany, but attempted to return to the German national team for the 2007-08 season without success.
- He announced his retirement from competition on November 1, 2007 which was announced on the FIBT website.
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