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Carsten Embach
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1968-10-12) 12 October 1968 (age 55)
Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,
 East Germany
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb; 14.6 st)
Sport
Country Germany
SportBobsleigh
ClubBSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer Four-man
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Winterberg Four-man
Gold medal – first place 1997 St. Moritz Four-man
Gold medal – first place 2000 Winterberg Four-man
Gold medal – first place 2003 Lake Placid Four-man
Silver medal – second place 2001 St. Moritz Four-man
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Calgary Four-man

Carsten Embach (born 12 October 1968 in Stralsund) is a German bobsledder who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 1994.[1][2]

Biography

Embach also won six medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with four golds (1995, 1997, 2000, 2003), one silver (2001), and one bronze (1996).[3]

Before turning to bobsleigh Embach competed in the long jump. He finished fifth at the 1990 European Indoor Championships with a jump of 7.83 metres.[4] His personal best jump was 8.01 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Potsdam.[5] He represented the club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam.

References

  1. ^ Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
  2. ^ DatabaseOlympics.com profile Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 Archived December 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ 1989 European Indoor Championships results, men's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
  5. ^ World men's all-time best long jump (last updated 2001)

External links

Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh
World champions in four-man bobsleigh
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