Manuel Machata

Manuel Machata
Personal information
Full name Manuel Machata
Nationality German
Born April 18, 1984 (1984-04-18) (age 27)
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria,
 West Germany
Height 5 ft 12 in (1.83 m)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Website Team Machata
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Bobsleigh (pilot)
Club SC Potsdam
Turned pro 2005
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for  Germany
World Championships
Gold 2011 Königssee Four-man
Silver 2011 Königssee Two-man
World Cup Championships
Gold 2010–11 Four-man
Gold 2010–11 Combined
Silver 2010–11 Two-man
European Championships
Gold 2011 Winterberg Four-man

Manuel Machata (born April 18, 1984) is an German bobsledder who has competed since 2005.

Manuel Machata grew up in Ramsau near Berchtesgaden, Germany. He attended the CJD Christophorus high school in Berchtesgaden. After completing high school he joined the sports group of the German army (Bundeswehr). He became German Junior Champion in both two and four-man and Junior World Champion in four-man bobsled in 2006. Machata started regularly at the European Cup since November 2006 where he won the 2006 and 2007 cups at Königssee and 2007 the four-man in Igls. He was behind Thomas Florschütz in both two and four-man at Königssee 2007 and third in the 2008 two-man championships in Altenberg. He reached second place at the Junior World Championship 2009 at Königssee in both two and four-man bobsled. He decided the European Cup in 2009 for himself and secured his starting place for the 2010/11 World Cup after André Lange's resignation. Although he is ranked in the B-league behind the two A-league drivers Karl Angerer and Thomas Florschütz, he dominated the difficult track in Whistler in a surprise victory in the two-man bobsled with his breakman Andreas Bredau in his World Cup debut. At the following World Cup stop in Calgary he celebrated his maiden victory in the four-man race with his pushers Makarov, Bredau and Poser.

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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): 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)