Markus Zimmermann

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Markus Zimmermann

Personal information

Nationality

German

Born

4 September 1964
Berchtesgaden, Bavaria,

West Germany

Residence

Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria

Height

1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

105 kg (231 lb; 16.5 st)

Sport

Country

Germany

Sport

Bobsleigh

Event(s)

4-man, 2-man

Coached by

Raimund Bethge

Retired

2004

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

Medal record

Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	1998 Nagano	Four-man
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	Two-man
Silver	1992 Albertville	Two-man
Bronze	1998 Nagano	Two-man
World Championships
Gold	1991 Altenberg	Two-man
Gold	1996 Calgary	Two-man
Gold	1996 Calgary	Four-man
Gold	2000 Altenberg	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

Markus Zimmermann (born 4 September 1964 in Berchtesgaden) is a German former bobsledder who competed from 1984 to 2004. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two golds (Two-man: 2002, Four-man: 1998), one silver (Two-man: 1992), and one bronze (Two-man: 1998). He was born at Berchtesgaden, in southern Bavaria.

Zimmerman also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with five golds (Two-man: 1991, 1996, 2000; Four-man: 1996, 2001) and three silvers (Two-man: 1999, 2004; Four-man: 2000).

References

Olympic Champions in two-man bobsleigh

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)

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 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

World champions in two-man bobsleigh

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)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb & Steven Langton)
2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich & Jannis Bäcker)

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, 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 (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, & Christian Poser)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, & Martin Putze)

Persondata
Name	Zimmermann, Markus
Alternative names
Short description	Bobsledder
Date of birth	4 September 1964
Place of birth	Berchtesgaden
Date of death
Place of death

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