- Markus Zimmermann
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Markus Zimmermann Personal information Nationality German Born 4 September 1964
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria,
West GermanyResidence Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 105 kg (230 lb; 16.5 st) Sport Country GermanySport 
BobsleighEvent(s) 4-man, 2-man Coached by Raimund BethgeRetired 2004 Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 
Medal recordMen's Bobsleigh Competitor for GermanyOlympic Games Gold 1998 Nagano Four-man Gold 2002 Salt Lake City Two-man Silver 1992 Albertville Two-man Bronze 1998 Nagano Two-man World Championships Gold 1991 Altenberg Two-man Gold 1996 Calgary Two-man Gold 1996 Calgary Four-man Gold 2000 Altenberg Two-man Gold 2001 St. Moritz Four-man Silver 1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man Silver 2000 Altenberg Four-man Silver 2004 Königssee Two-man Markus Zimmermann (born 4 September 1964 in Berchtesgaden) is a German former bobsledder who competed from 1984 to 2004. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two golds (Two-man: 2002, Four-man: 1998), one silver (Two-man: 1992), and one bronze (Two-man: 1998). He was born at Berchtesgaden, in southern Bavaria.
Zimmerman also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with five golds (Two-man: 1991, 1996, 2000; Four-man: 1996, 2001) and three silvers (Two-man: 1999, 2004; Four-man: 2000).
References
- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- FIBT profile
Olympic Champions in Four-Man Bobsleigh 1924: Switzerland (Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi) • 1928 (five-man): United States (Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Grey, & Richard Parke) • 1932: United States (Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Grey, & Jay O'Brien) • 1936: Switzerland (Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier, & Joseph Beerli) • 1948: United States (Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico) • 1952: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser) • 1956: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst) • 1960: Not held • 1964: Canada (Vic Emery, Peter Kirby, Doug Anakin, & John Emery) • 1968: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, & Mario Armano) • 1972: Switzerland (Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, & Werner Camichel) • 1976: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Bernhard Lehmann) • 1980: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt) • 1984: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, & Andreas Kirchner) • 1988: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, & Werner Stocker) • 1992: Austria (Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher, & Thomas Schroll) • 1994: Germany (Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel, & Alexander Szelig) • 1998: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs, & Olaf Hampel) • 2002: Germany (André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach) • 2006: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Martin Putze, & Kevin Kuske) • 2010: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian & Sebastian Huber) * 1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană & Dumitru Hubert) * 1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim & Vasile Dumitrescu) * 1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt & Emil Diener) * 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy & Byran Black) * 1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer & Rolf Thielecke) * 1939: Belgium (René Lunden & Jeans Coops) * 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend & Stephan Waser) * 1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller) * 1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend & Stephan Waser) * 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl) * 1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich & Fritz Stöckli) * 1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier & Andrea Zambelli) * 1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend & Harry Warburton) * 1957: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1958: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1959: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Sergio Siorpaes) * 1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti & Enrico de Lorenzo) * 1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Sergio Siorpaes) * 1965: Great Britain (Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon) * 1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Sergio Siorpaes) * 1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler & Reinhold Durnthaler) * 1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo & Adriano Frassinelli) * 1970: West Germany (Horst Floth & Pepi Bader) * 1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari & Mario Armano) * 1973: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider) * 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider) * 1975: Italy (Giorgio Alvera & Franco Perruquet) * 1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand & Heinz Meier) * 1978: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz) * 1979: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz) * 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt) * 1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Max Rüegg) * 1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler & Urs Leuthold) * 1985: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer) * 1986: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer) * 1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler & Celeste Poltera) * 1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Bogdan Musiol) * 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder & Bruno Gerber) * 1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner & Markus Zimmermann) * 1993: Germany (Christoph Langen & Peer Joechel) * 1995: Germany (Christoph Langen & Olaf Hampel) * 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann) * 1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi & Guido Acklin) * 1999: Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, & Ubaldo Ranzi) * 2000: Germany (Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann) * 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen & Marco Jakobs) * 2003: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske) * 2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders & Giulio Zardo) * 2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders & Lascelles Brown) * 2007: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske) * 2008: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske) * 2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg & Cedric Grand) * 2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov & Alexey Voyevoda)World champions in four-man bobsleigh 1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, & Gino Rossi) * 1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, & Emil Hinterfeld) * 1933: Not held * 1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber) * 1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber) * 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Byran Black) * 1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Chris MacKintosh) * 1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli) * 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli) * 1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, & William D'Amico) * 1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, & William D'Amico) * 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, & Lorenz Nieberl) * 1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, & Joseph Smith) * 1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, & Heinrich Angst) * 1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst) * 1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, & Heinz Leu) * 1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, & Walter Haller) * 1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Voorhis, & Thomas Butler) * 1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, & Renzo Alverà) * 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, & Renzo Alverà) * 1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, & Otto Göbl) * 1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, & Romano Bonagura) * 1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, & Peter Kirby) * 1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, & Roland Ebert) * 1967: Cancelled to weather conditions * 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, & Stefan Gaisreiter) * 1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, & Luciano de Paolis) * 1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer) * 1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer) * 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, & Albert Wurzer) * 1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, & Joseph Benz) * 1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, & Raimund Bethge) * 1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, & Bogdan Musiol) * 1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, & Heinz Busche) * 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, & Michael Trübner) * 1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, & Rico Freiermuth) * 1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, & Rolf Strittmatter) * 1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, & Steffen Grummt) * 1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser) * 1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser) * 1989: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, & Lorenz Schindelholz) * 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, & Curdin Morell) * 1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, Axel Kühn, & Christoph Langen) * 1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, & Domenico Semeraro) * 1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, & Carsten Embach) * 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, & Olaf Hampel) * 1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, & Carsten Embach) * 1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, & Max Robert) * 2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, & Carsten Embach) * 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, & Alex Metzger) * 2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach) * 2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, & René Hoppe) * 2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze) * 2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, & Cedric Grand) * 2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze) * 2009: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz) * 2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, & Christian Poser)
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