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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