Christoph Langen

Medal record

Christoph Langen
Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1998 Nagano Four-man
Gold 2002 Salt Lake City Two-man
Bronze 1992 Albertville Two-man
Bronze 1998 Nagano Two-man
World Championships
Gold 1991 Altenberg Four-man
Gold 1993 Igls Two-man
Gold 1995 Winterberg Two-man
Gold 1996 Calgary Two-man
Gold 1996 Calgary Four-man
Gold 2000 Altenberg Two-man
Gold 2001 St. Moritz Two-man
Gold 2001 St. Moritz Four-man
Silver 1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo Two-man
Silver 2000 Altenberg Four-man
Silver 2004 Königssee Two-man
Silver 2004 Königssee Four-man
World Cup Championships
Gold 1995-96 Combined
Gold 1995-96 Two-man
Gold 1998-99 Combined
Gold 1998-99 Four-man
Gold 1998-99 Two-man
Gold 2003-04 Two-man
Silver 1993-94 Two-man
Silver 1995-96 Four-man
European Championships
Gold 1994 Two-man
Gold 1995 Two-man
Gold 1996 Four-man
Gold 1996 Two-man
Gold 1999 Four-man
Gold 2001 Two-man
Gold 2004 Two-man

Christoph Langen (born 27 March 1962 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005 (as a pilot from 1991). Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two golds (Two-man: 2002, Four-man: 1998) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1992, 1998).

Langen was slowed by injuries to his Achilles tendon, which required two surgeries. He attempted to compete for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, but his injuries proved too much. He was a bobsleigh television commentator in Germany until promoted to head coach of the German national team in June 2010.

Langen also won twelve medals at the FIBT World Championships with eight golds (Two-man: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001; Four-man: 1991 (as a brakeman), 1996, 2001) and four silvers (Two-man: 1999, 2004; Four-man: 2000, 2004).

He also won the Bobsleigh World Cup combined event twice (1995-6, 1998-9), the two-man event three times (1995-6, 1998-9, 2003-4), and the four-man event once (1998-9).

Additional championships

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1932: United States (Hubert Stevens & Curtis Stevens) * 1936: United States (Ivan Brown & Alan Washbond) * 1948: Switzerland (Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller) * 1952: West Germany (Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl) * 1956: Italy (Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti) * 1960: Not held * 1964: Great Britain (Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon) * 1968: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Luciano de Paolis) * 1972: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider) * 1976: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer & Bernhard Germeshausen) * 1980: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz) * 1984: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer) * 1988: Soviet Union (Jānis Ķipurs & Vladimir Koslov) * 1992: Switzerland (Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin) * 1994: Switzerland (Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin) * 1998: Canada (Pierre Lueders & David MacEachern) and Italy (Günther Huber & Antonio Tartaglia) * 2002: Germany (Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann) * 2006: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske)* 2010: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske)
1924: Switzerland (Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi)  • 1928 (five-man): United States (Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Grey, & Richard Parke)  • 1932: United States (Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Grey, & 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 Camichel)  • 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)  • 2010: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian & Sebastian Huber) * 1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană & Dumitru Hubert) * 1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim & Vasile Dumitrescu) * 1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt & Emil Diener) * 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy & Byran Black) * 1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer & Rolf Thielecke) * 1939: Belgium (René Lunden & Jeans Coops) * 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend & Stephan Waser) * 1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller) * 1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend & Stephan Waser) * 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl) * 1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich & Fritz Stöckli) * 1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier & Andrea Zambelli) * 1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend & Harry Warburton) * 1957: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1958: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1959: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Sergio Siorpaes) * 1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti & Enrico de Lorenzo) * 1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Sergio Siorpaes) * 1965: Great Britain (Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon) * 1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Sergio Siorpaes) * 1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler & Reinhold Durnthaler) * 1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo & Adriano Frassinelli) * 1970: West Germany (Horst Floth & Pepi Bader) * 1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari & Mario Armano) * 1973: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider) * 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider) * 1975: Italy (Giorgio Alvera & Franco Perruquet) * 1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand & Heinz Meier) * 1978: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz) * 1979: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz) * 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt) * 1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Max Rüegg) * 1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler & Urs Leuthold) * 1985: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer) * 1986: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer) * 1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler & Celeste Poltera) * 1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Bogdan Musiol) * 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder & Bruno Gerber) * 1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner & Markus Zimmermann) * 1993: Germany (Christoph Langen & Peer Joechel) * 1995: Germany (Christoph Langen & Olaf Hampel) * 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann) * 1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi & Guido Acklin) * 1999: Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, & Ubaldo Ranzi) * 2000: Germany (Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann) * 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen & Marco Jakobs) * 2003: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske) * 2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders & Giulio Zardo) * 2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders & Lascelles Brown) * 2007: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske) * 2008: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske) * 2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg & Cedric Grand) * 2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov & Alexey Voyevoda)
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, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, & Carsten Embach) * 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, & Olaf Hampel) * 1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René 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) * 2009: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz) * 2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, & Christian Poser)

1984–85: West Germany (Anton Fischer) · 1985–86: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser) · 1986–87: United States (Matt Roy) · 1987–88: Austria (Ingo Appelt) · 1988–89: Switzerland (Gustav Weder) · 1989–90: Soviet Union (Maris Poikans) · 1990–91: Switzerland (Gustav Weder) · 1991–92: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe) · 1992–93: United States (Brian Shimer) · 1993–94: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1995–96: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1996–97: Italy (Günther Huber) · 1997–98: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1999–2000: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner) · 2000–01: Germany (André Lange) · 2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2002–03: Germany (André Lange) · 2003–04: Germany (André Lange) · 2004–05: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2005–06: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 2006–07: United States (Steve Holcomb) · 2007–08: Germany (André Lange) · 2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov) · 2009–10: United States (Steve Holcomb) · 2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)

1984–85 (unofficial): West Germany (Anton Fischer) · 1985–86 (unofficial): Soviet Union (Maris Poikans) · 1986–87 (unofficial): West Germany (Anton Fischer) · 1987–88 (unofficial): Soviet Union (Janis Kipurs) · 1988–89 (unofficial): Switzerland (Gustav Weder) · 1989–90 (unofficial): West Germany (Christian Schebitz) · 1990–91: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe) · 1991–92: Italy (Günther Huber) · 1992–93: Italy (Günther Huber) · 1993–94: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1995–96: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1996–97: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1997–98: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1999–2000: Switzerland (Christian Reich) · 2000–01: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2002–03: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 2003–04: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 2004–05: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2005–06: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 2006–07: United States (Steve Holcomb) · 2007–08: Germany (André Lange) · 2008–09: Switzerland (Beat Hefti) · 2009–10: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg) · 2010–11: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)

1984–85 (unofficial): United States (Jeffrey Jost) · 1985–86 (unofficial): Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser) · 1986–87 (unofficial): United States (Matt Roy) · 1987–88 (unofficial): Austria (Ingo Appelt) & Austria (Peter Kienast) · 1988–89 (unofficial): Austria (Ingo Appelt) · 1989–90 (unofficial): Canada (Chris Lori) · 1990–91: Switzerland (Gustav Weder) · 1991–92: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe) · 1992–93: United States (Brian Shimer) · 1993–94: Austria (Hubert Schösser) · 1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders) · 1995–96: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe) · 1996–97: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner) · 1997–98: Germany (Harald Czudaj) · 1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen) · 1999–2000: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner) · 2000–01: Germany (André Lange) · 2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen) · 2002–03: Germany (André Lange) · 2003–04: Germany (André Lange) · 2004–05: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov) · 2005–06: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov) · 2006–07: Russia (Yevgeni Popov) · 2007–08: Germany (André Lange) · 2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov) · 2009–10: United States (Steve Holcomb ) · 2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)