Matthias Höpfner (born 30 December 1975 in
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
) is a German
bobsled
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
der who has competed since 1995. He won two medals at the
2008 FIBT World Championships in
Altenberg, Germany
Altenberg () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.
Geography
The town is situated in the Ore Mountains, 32 km south of Dresden, and 15 km northwest of Teplice, Czech Republic. The village of ...
with a gold in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event and a bronze in the four-man event.
Höpfner also finished fifth in the two-man event at the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
in
Turin
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.
References
2006 bobsleigh two-man resultsFIBT profileOfficial website
1975 births
Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
German male bobsledders
Living people
Olympic bobsledders of Germany
Sportspeople from Erfurt
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