- Carsten Embach
Carsten Embach (born
October 12 1968 inStralsund ) is a Germanbobsled der who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in twoWinter Olympics , he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 1994. [ [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964] ] [ [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EMBACCAR01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile] ]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). [ [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930] ]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. [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1989/m89_21.html 1989 European Indoor Championships results, men's long jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] His personal best jump was 8.01 metres, achieved in June 1990 inPotsdam . [ [http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m27.htm World men's all-time best long jump (last updated 2001)] ] He represented the club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam.References
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