Manfred Schumann (born 7 February 1951 in

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) is a

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and

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der who competed during the mid to late 1970s. He won two medals at the

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with a silver in the two-man and a bronze in the four-man events.

Biography

Schumann won a complete set of medals at the

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with a gold in

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(Four-man), a silver in

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(Two-man, despite being replaced by

Fritz Ohlwärter Fritz Ohlwärter (born 25 February 1948) is a West German bobsledder who competed during the mid to late 1970s. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with four silvers (Two-man: 1974, 1975, 1979; Four-man: 1975) and one bron ...

after Schumann's injury during the third heat), and a bronze in

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References

Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090127015546/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930

1951 births Sportspeople from Hanover Bobsledders at the 1976 Winter Olympics German male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Living people Olympic medalists in bobsleigh West German male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub