1972 stamp of Ajman Zimmerer+Utzschneider

Peter Utzschneider (born 6 March 1946) is a retired

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der 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).Peter Utzschneider
sports-reference.com Utzschneider and Zimmerer won nine medals at the

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, with four golds (two-man:

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

; four-man: 1969, 1973), three silvers (two-man:

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

, four-man: 1970,

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

), and two bronzes (four-man:

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

, 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.

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

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
* * * 1946 births Living people People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria German male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1968 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1972 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders of West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub