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
	1998 Nagano	Four-man
	2002 Salt Lake City	Two-man
	1992 Albertville	Two-man
	1998 Nagano	Two-man
World Championships
	1991 Altenberg	Two-man
	1996 Calgary	Two-man
	1996 Calgary	Four-man
	2000 Altenberg	Two-man
	2001 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
	2000 Altenberg	Four-man
	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)
2014: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov & Alexey Voyevoda)

Olympic Champions in Four-Man Bobsleigh

1924: Switzerland
- Eduard Scherrer
- Alfred Neveu
- Alfred Schläppi
- Heinrich Schläppi
1928 (five-man): USA
- Billy Fiske
- Nion Tocker
- Geoffrey Mason
- Clifford Gray
- Richard Parke
1932: USA
- Billy Fiske
- Eddie Eagan
- Clifford Gray
- Jay O'Brien
1936: Switzerland
- Pierre Musy
- Arnold Gartmann
- Charles Bouvier
- Joseph Beerli
1948: USA
- 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 Musioł
- 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: USA
- Steven Holcomb
- Justin Olsen
- Steve Mesler
- Curtis Tomasevicz
2014: RUS
- Alexandr Zubkov
- Dmitry Trunenkov
- Alexey Negodaylo
- Alexey Voyevoda

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 Musioł)
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, Cédric Grand)
2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Alexey Voyevoda)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Steven Langton)
2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Jannis Bäcker)
2015: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)
2016: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)

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 Musioł)
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 Musioł, 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, Cédric 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)
2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Korona, Ben Heber)

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