Joseph Benz


Joseph "Josef or Sepp" Benz is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with one gold, two silvers, and one bronze.
Benz also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with three golds, two silvers, and three bronzes.
In 2008, he was named chairman of the Sport Commission for artificial track luge for the International Luge Federation. Benz also was a postal clerk in his native Switzerland. He served as chairman of the FIL Youth Commission before serving his current FIL position.