Harald Czudaj

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
Gold	1994 Lillehammer	Four-man
World Championships
Silver	1990 St. Moritz	Two-man
Silver	1990 St. Moritz	Four-man
Bronze	1991 Altenberg	Four-man
Bronze	1995 Winterberg	Four-man

Harald Czudaj (born 14 February 1963 in Wermsdorf) is an East German-German bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the four-man event at Lillehammer in 1994.

Czudaj also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (Two-man and four-man: both 1990 for East Germany) and two bronzes (Four-man: 1991, 1995, both for Germany). He also won the 1997-98 Bobsleigh World Cup championship in the four-man event.

Prior to the 1992 Winter Olympics, he came under fire for working as an informer for the Stasi, submitting at least ten reports on his teammates when he was with SV Dynamo in Altenberg, East Germany between 1988 and 1990. Czudaj was allowed to compete following investigation by German sports authorities.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Czudaj was a coach for the Dutch women's bobsleigh team.

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Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh

1924: Switzerland - Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi • 1928 (five-man): United States - Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Gray, & Richard Parke • 1932: United States - Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Gray, & Jay O'Brien • 1936: Switzerland - Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier, & Joseph Beerli • 1948: United States - Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico • 1952: West Germany - Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser • 1956: Switzerland - Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst • 1960: Not held • 1964: Canada - Vic Emery, Peter Kirby, Doug Anakin, & John Emery • 1968: Italy - Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, & Mario Armano • 1972: Switzerland - Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, & Werner Carmichel • 1976: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Bernhard Lehmann • 1980: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt • 1984: East Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, & Andreas Kirchner • 1988: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, & Werner Stocker • 1992: Austria - Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher, & Thomas Schroll • 1994: Germany - Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel, & Alexander Szelig • 1998: Germany - Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs, & Olaf Hampel • 2002: Germany - André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach • 2006: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Martin Putze, & Kevin Kuske

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World Cup champions in four-man bobsleigh

1984-5 (unofficial): United States - Jeffrey Jost * 1985-6 (unofficial): Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser * 1986-7 (unofficial): United States - Matt Roy * 1987-8 (unofficial): Austria - Ingo Appelt & Austria - Peter Kienast * 1988-9 (unofficial): Austria - Ingo Appelt * 1989-90 (unofficial): Canada - Chris Lori * 1990-1: Switzerland - Gustav Weder * 1991-2: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1992-3: United States - Brian Shimer * 1993-4: Austria - Hubert Schösser * 1994-5: Canada - Pierre Lueders * 1995-6: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe * 1996-7: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 1997-8: Germany - Harald Czudaj * 1998-9: Germany - Christoph Langen * 1999-2000: Switzerland - Marcel Rohner * 2000-1: Germany - André Lange * 2001-2: Switzerland - Martin Annen * 2002-3: Germany - André Lange * 2003-4: Germany - André Lange * 2004-5: Russia - Alexandre Zoubkov * 2005-6: Russia - Alexandre Zoubkov * 2006-7: Russia - Evgeni Popov * 2007-8: Germany - André Lange