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Kreisel
Kreisel ( German for gyro) is the name of a turn found on six bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks around the world. This is a turn that moves the bobsled, luge, or skeleton around between 270 and 320 degrees around the circumference of the circle.
There are six Kreisels on the tracks shown below:
Country
City
Austria
Igls
Canada
Calgary
Germany
Altenberg
Königssee
Oberhof
Winterberg
Note: Oberhof is the only one that is not used for bobsleigh four-man.
Kreisel (surname)
Kreisel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Franz Kreisel, hockey
- Georg Kreisel, logician
- Henry Kreisel, writer
- Uwe Kreisel
- Howard Kreisel, professor of medieval Jewish Philosophy