Career Nieberl also finished sixth in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d"Ampezzo.
Achievements At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he became the first person to win both the two-man and four-man competitions at the same Winter Olympics. He also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man and four-man: both 1951) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1953, Four-man: 1954).