René Spies
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 July 1973 Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BSC Winterberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
_01.jpg){kind=link}
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.