- Detlef Richter
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Medal record
Richter (in sled wearing goggles) in 1982.Men's Bobsleigh Competitor for East Germany Olympic Games Bronze 1980 Lake Placid Four-man World Championships Silver 1979 Königssee Four-man Silver 1985 Cervinia Two-man Silver 1985 Cervinia Four-man Bronze 1983 Lake Placid Four-man Bronze 1986 Königssee Two-man World Cup Championships Silver 1988-89 Combined Silver 1988-89 Two-man Detlef Richter (born 6 June 1956 in Leipzig, Saxony) is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Richter also won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with three silvers (Two-man: 1985, Four-man: 1979, 1985) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1986, Four-man: 1983).
His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in 1988-89, both in the combined men's and two-man events.
References
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007
- List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
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