Wolfgang Zimmerer (born 15 November 1940) is a retired West-German

bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...

der who mostly competed as a driver together with his brakeman

Peter Utzschneider Peter Utzschneider (born 6 March 1946) is a retired West Germany, West German bobsledder 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 ...

. Zimmerer took part in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics and won four medals, with one gold (two-man in 1972), one silver (two-man in 1976), and two bronzes (four-man in 1972 and 1976). Zimmerer and Utzschneider 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 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

, 1974; 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 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

, 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 (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, 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. Zimmerer's nieces Maria Höfl-Riesch and Susanne Riesch are Olympic alpine skiers.

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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
* * * 1940 births Living people People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) Bobsledders 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 for West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic silver 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 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub