Carsten Embach

Carsten Embach

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1968-10-12) 12 October 1968 Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,  East Germany
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb; 14.6 st)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Bobsleigh
Club	BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
Medal record Men's Bobsleigh Competitor for  Germany Olympic Games Gold 2002 Salt Lake City Four-man Bronze 1994 Lillehammer Four-man World Championships Gold 1995 Winterberg Four-man Gold 1997 St. Moritz Four-man Gold 2000 Winterberg Four-man Gold 2003 Lake Placid Four-man Silver 2001 St. Moritz Four-man Bronze 1996 Calgary Four-man

Carsten Embach (born 12 October 1968 in Stralsund) is a German bobsledder who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 1994.^[1][2]

Biography

Embach also won six medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with four golds (1995, 1997, 2000, 2003), one silver (2001), and one bronze (1996).^[3]

Before turning to bobsleigh Embach competed in the long jump. He finished fifth at the 1990 European Indoor Championships with a jump of 7.83 metres.^[4] His personal best jump was 8.01 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Potsdam.^[5] He represented the club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam.

References

External links

• Carsten Embach at Sports-Reference.com