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10 Facts About Keith Schellenberg

1.

Clifford Keith Wain Schellenberg was a British businessman and Winter Olympian.

2.

Keith Schellenberg was known for his legal disputes related to his ownership of the Scottish island of Eigg.

3.

Keith Schellenberg stood in the 1964 UK general election and the 1966 UK general election in Richmond and in the October 1974 UK general election in Moray and Nairn as a Liberal candidate.

4.

Keith Schellenberg became vegetarian after witnessing a friend kill a water rat with a catapult.

5.

Keith Schellenberg encouraged the Scottish Wildlife Trust to create several nature reserves.

6.

Keith Schellenberg died in Richmond, North Yorkshire in October 2019 at the age of 90.

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Keith Schellenberg competed in the two-man and the four-man Bobsleigh events at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

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Keith Schellenberg competed in the men's singles in the luge at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

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Keith Schellenberg had asked and been given permission for late arrival to find the crystals, but when he turned up for a certain scrutineering test he was disqualified out of hand without discussion by the Race Committee.

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Keith Schellenberg competed in another Round Britain race in 1984 and came out of retirement for the 2008 Cowes Torquay Cowes at the age of 78.