Nicole Herschmann (born 27 October 1975 in

Rudolstadt Rudolstadt is a town in the German federal state Thuringia, within the Thuringian Forest, to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north. The former capital of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, the town is built along the River Saale inside a wide ...

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) is a German former

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er and

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der. Competing in two

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, she won a bronze medal in the two-woman event at

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. Herschmann also won a bronze in the two-woman event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in

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Bobsleigh two-woman Olympic medalists since 2002

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* 1975 births Living people People from Rudolstadt Sportspeople from Bezirk Gera German female bobsledders German female long jumpers German female triple jumpers Athletes from Thuringia Bobsledders from Thuringia Olympic bobsledders for Germany Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub