Carsten Embach
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | German |
| Born | 12 October 1968 |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb; 14.6 st) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Sport | File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svgBobsleigh |
| Club | BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | File:Olympic rings.svg 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) |
Medal record | |
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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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- ^ DatabaseOlympics.com profile Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 Archived December 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1989 European Indoor Championships results, men's long jump final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ World men's all-time best long jump (last updated 2001)
External links
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- East German men long jumpers
- German male bobsledders
- Sportspeople from Stralsund
- Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bobsledders for Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
- Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics