Raimund Bethge

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Medal record
Bobsleigh
World Championships
Gold 1977 St. Moritz Four-man
Silver 1978 Lake Placid Two-man
Bronze 1978 Lake Placid Four-man

Raimund Bethge (born July 7, 1947) is an East German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He won a complete set of medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in four-man (1977), a silver in two-man (1978, and a bronze in four-man (1978).

Bethge also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, finishing fourth in the four-man event and seventh in the two-man event.

Prior to his role in bobsleigh, Bethge was national champion in the 110 meter hurdles in 1969, and finished fifth in the event at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens.

Bethge was forced to retire from bobsleigh in 1979 following a bus accident. He became a trainer for the bobsleigh federation in East Germany, then for unified Germany after East and West Germany reunified in 1990. One of the athletes he trained was Wolfgang Hoppe, who would later become a coach for the German team. Another would be Christoph Langen, another successful bobsledder.

Bethge was named trainer of the year in Germany in 2006 as a result of his successes that included 80 men's bobsleigh medals overall (Winter Olympics, World championship, and European championship), 11 women's bobsleigh medals overall, and 11 skeleton medals overall. He was able to attend the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin despite breaking both of his legs after being hit by an Australian bobsled during a practice run at Cesana Pariol on November 30, 2005.

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World champions in four-man bobsleigh
1930: Italy - Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, & Gino Rossi * 1931: Germany - Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, & Emil Hinterfeld * 1933: Not held * 1934: Germany - Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber * 1935: Germany - Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, & Sebastian Huber * 1937: Great Britain - Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Byran Black * 1938: Great Britain - Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, & Chris MacKintosh * 1939: Switzerland - Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli * 1947: Switzerland - Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, & Joseph Beerli * 1949: United States - Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, & William D'Amico * 1950: United States - Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, & William D'Amico * 1951: West Germany - Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, & Lorenz Nieberl * 1953: United States - Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, & Joseph Smith * 1954: Switzerland - Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, & Heinrich Angst * 1955: Switzerland - Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst * 1957: Switzerland - Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, & Heinz Leu * 1958: West Germany - Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, & Walter Haller * 1959: United States - Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Voorhis, & Thomas Butler * 1960: Italy - Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, & Renzo Alverà * 1961: Italy - Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, & Renzo Alverà * 1962: West Germany - Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, & Otto Göbl * 1963: Italy - Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, & Romano Bonagura * 1965: Canada - Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, & Peter Kirby * 1966: West Germany - Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, & Roland Ebert * 1967: Cancelled to weather conditions * 1969: West Germany - Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, & Stefan Gaisreiter * 1970: Italy - Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, & Luciano de Paolis * 1971: Switzerland - René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer * 1973: Switzerland - René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, & Peter Schärer * 1974: West Germany - Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, & Albert Wurzer * 1975: Switzerland - Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, & Joseph Benz * 1977: East Germany - Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, & Raimund Bethge * 1978: East Germany - Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, & Bogdan Musiol * 1979: West Germany - Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, & Heinz Busche * 1981: East Germany - Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, & Michael Trübner * 1982: Switzerland - Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, & Rico Freiermuth * 1983: Switzerland - Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, & Rolf Strittmatter * 1985: East Germany - Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, & Steffen Grummt * 1986: Switzerland - Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser * 1987: Switzerland - Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, & André Kisser * 1989: Switzerland - Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, & Lorenz Schindelholz * 1990: Switzerland - Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, & Curdin Morell * 1991: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, Axel Kühn, & Christoph Langen * 1993: Switzerland - Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, & Domenico Semeraro * 1995: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Rene Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, & Carsten Embach * 1996: Germany - Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, & Olaf Hampel * 1997: Germany - Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, Rene Hannemann, & Carsten Embach * 1999: France - Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, & Max Robert * 2000: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, & Carsten Embach * 2001: Germany - Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, & Alex Metzger * 2003: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach * 2004: Germany - André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, & René Hoppe * 2005: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze * 2007: Switzerland - Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, & Cedric Grand * 2008: Germany - André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze
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