Wolfgang Zimmerer
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Born | 15 November 1940 (1940-11-15) (age 83) Ohlstadt, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SV Ohlstadt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wolfgang Zimmerer (born 15 November 1940) is a retired West-German bobsledder who mostly competed as a driver together with his brakeman Peter Utzschneider. Zimmerer took part in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics and won four medals, with one gold (two-man in 1972), one silver (two-man in 1976), and two bronzes (four-man in 1972 and 1976).[1]
Zimmerer and Utzschneider won nine medals at the FIBT World Championships with four golds (two-man: 1973, 1974; four-man: 1969, 1973), three silvers (two-man: 1970, four-man: 1970, 1975), and two bronzes (four-man: 1971, 1973). They also collected 10 medals at the European championships, including five golds: in two-man in 1968, 1972, and 1973, and in the four-man in 1970 and 1973.[1]
Zimmerer's nieces Maria Höfl-Riesch and Susanne Riesch are Olympic alpine skiers.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Wolfgang Zimmerer. sports-reference.com
External links
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- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964 Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Wolfgang Zimmerer at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Wolfgang Zimmerer at Olympedia
- Wolfgang Zimmerer at Olympics.com
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- 1932:
Hubert Stevens & Curtis Stevens (USA)
- 1936:
Ivan Brown & Alan Washbond (USA)
- 1948:
Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller (SUI)
- 1952:
Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl (GER)
- 1956:
Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti (ITA)
- 1964:
Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon (GBR)
- 1968:
Eugenio Monti & Luciano de Paolis (ITA)
- 1972:
Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider (FRG)
- 1976:
Meinhard Nehmer & Bernhard Germeshausen (GDR)
- 1980:
Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz (SUI)
- 1984:
Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer (GDR)
- 1988:
Jānis Ķipurs & Vladimir Kozlov (URS)
- 1992:
Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin (SUI)
- 1994:
Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin (SUI)
- 1998:
Pierre Lueders & David MacEachern (CAN)
1998:Günther Huber & Antonio Tartaglia (ITA)
- 2002:
Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann (GER)
- 2006:
André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER)
- 2010:
André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER)
- 2014:
Beat Hefti & Alex Baumann (SUI)
- 2018:
Justin Kripps & Alexander Kopacz (CAN)
2018:Francesco Friedrich & Thorsten Margis (GER)
- 2022:
Francesco Friedrich & Thorsten Margis (GER)
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