Peter Utzschneider
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Born | 6 March 1946 (1946-03-06) (age 78) Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SV Ohlstadt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Utzschneider (born 6 March 1946) is a retired West German bobsledder who mostly competed as a brakeman together with Wolfgang Zimmerer. They competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics and won three medals, with one gold (two-man in 1972), and two bronzes (four-man in 1972 and 1976).[1]
Utzschneider and Zimmerer won nine medals at the FIBT World Championships, with four golds (two-man: 1973, 1974; four-man: 1969, 1973), three silvers (two-man: 1970, four-man: 1970, 1975), and two bronzes (four-man: 1971, 1973). They also collected 10 medals at the European championships, including five golds: in two-man in 1968, 1972, and 1973, and in the four-man in 1970 and 1973.[1]
References
- ^ a b Peter Utzschneider. sports-reference.com
External links
Media related to Peter Utzschneider at Wikimedia Commons
- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964[dead link]
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964[dead link]
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Peter Utzschneider at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Peter Utzschneider at Olympedia
- Peter Utzschneider at Olympics.com
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- 1932:
Hubert Stevens & Curtis Stevens (USA)
- 1936:
Ivan Brown & Alan Washbond (USA)
- 1948:
Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller (SUI)
- 1952:
Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl (GER)
- 1956:
Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti (ITA)
- 1964:
Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon (GBR)
- 1968:
Eugenio Monti & Luciano de Paolis (ITA)
- 1972:
Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider (FRG)
- 1976:
Meinhard Nehmer & Bernhard Germeshausen (GDR)
- 1980:
Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz (SUI)
- 1984:
Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer (GDR)
- 1988:
Jānis Ķipurs & Vladimir Kozlov (URS)
- 1992:
Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin (SUI)
- 1994:
Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin (SUI)
- 1998:
Pierre Lueders & David MacEachern (CAN)
1998:Günther Huber & Antonio Tartaglia (ITA)
- 2002:
Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann (GER)
- 2006:
André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER)
- 2010:
André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER)
- 2014:
Beat Hefti & Alex Baumann (SUI)
- 2018:
Justin Kripps & Alexander Kopacz (CAN)
2018:Francesco Friedrich & Thorsten Margis (GER)
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