Markus Zimmermann (born 4 September 1964 in Berchtesgaden) is a German former

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 competed from 1984 to 2004. Competing in four

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, 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 Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

. Zimmerman also won eight medals at the

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with five golds (Two-man: 1991, 1996, 2000; Four-man: 1996, 2001) and three silvers (Two-man: 1999, 2004; Four-man: 2000).

References

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

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Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
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FIBT profile

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* * * 1964 births Living people German male bobsledders People from Berchtesgaden Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub