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Nationality
  
German

Name
  
Carsten Embach

Country
  
Germany

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Sport
  
Bobsleigh

Height
  
1.89 m

Olympic finals
  
01 ! 03 !

Weight
  
93 kg

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Born
  
12 October 1968 (age 55) (
1968-10-12
)
Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,  East Germany

Club
  
BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof

Olympic medals
  
Bobsleigh at the 2002 winter Olympics - Four Man Bobsleigh

Similar People
  
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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.

Biography

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).

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. His personal best jump was 8.01 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Potsdam. He represented the club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam.

References

Carsten Embach Wikipedia