- Bogdan Musiol
:"Not to be confused with German historian
Bogdan Musial "Bogdan Musiol (born25 July 1957 inŚwiętochłowice ,Poland ) is Polish-born East German-Germanbobsled der who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.The former
shot put ter started pushing bob sleighs in 1977 for pilotHorst Bernhard . Behind Horst Schönau he became world champion for the first time in 1978. He also pushed forBernhard Germeshausen ,Meinhard Nehmer ,Bernhard Lehmann ,Detlef Richter and finallyWolfgang Hoppe .Competing in four
Winter Olympic Games , he won seven medals with one gold (Four-man: 1980), five silvers (Two-man: 1984, 1988; Four-man: 1984, 1988, 1992), and one bronze (Two-man: 1980).Musiol also won seven medals at the
FIBT World Championships with three golds (Two-man: 1989, Four-man: 1978, 1991), two silvers (Four-man: 1982, 1987), and two bronzes (Two-man: 1990, Four-man: 1989).From 1980 to 1988, the former
NVA Hauptmann took part for East Germany, then afterGerman reunification in 1990 forGermany at the Winter Olympics until 1994. At the end of his career he had won 31 Medals at international competitions (Olympics, World and European championships - 7 golds, 16 silvers, and 8 bronzes) and was the most successful bob athlete until Wolfgang Hoppe scored 33.Musiol competed for "ASK Vorwärts Oberhof", later "WSV
Oberhof 05". He owns fitness studios inZella-Mehlis andOschatz . He was in charge for the material of the GermanBob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland until his dismissal in 2000.References
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MUSIOBOG01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]
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