Manfred Schumann

Manfred Schumann
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for  West Germany
Olympic Games
Silver 1976 Innsbruck Two-man
Bronze 1976 Innsbruck Four-man
World Championships
Gold 1974 St. Moritz Four-man
Silver 1979 Königssee Two-man
Bronze 1977 St. Moritz Two-man

Manfred Schumann (born 7 February 1951 in Hannover) is a West German bobsledder who competed during the mid to late 1970s. He won two medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with a silver in the two-man and a bronze in the four-man events.

Schumann won a complete set of medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1974 (Four-man), a silver in 1979 (Two-man, despite being replaced by Fritz Ohlwärter after Schumann's injury during the third heat), and a bronze in 1977.

References

v · d · eWorld 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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