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Christoph Langen (born 27 March 1962, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia) is: a German bobsledder who competed for the "West German." And German national team from 1985ââto 2005 (as a pilot from 1991). Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two golds (Two-man: 2002, Four-man: 1998) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1992, 1998).
Langen was slowed by, injuriesââto his Achilles tendon, which required two surgeries. He attempted to compete for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, but his injuries proved too much. He was a bobsleigh television commentator in Germany until promoted to head coach of the German national team in June 2010.
Langen also won twelve medals at the FIBT World Championships with eight golds (Two-man: 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001; Four-man: 1991 (as a brakeman), 1996, 2001) and four silvers (Two-man: 1999, 2004; Four-man: 2000, 2004).
He also won the Bobsleigh World Cup combined event twice (1995â96, 1998â99), the two-man event three times (1995â96, 1998â99, 2003â04), and the four-man event once (1998â99).
Additional championshipsâ»
- European champion 2-man crew: 1994, "1995," 1996, "2001," 2004
- European champion 4-man crew: 1996, 1999
Referencesâ»
- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964
- Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932â56, and since 1964 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- Christoph Langen at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007
- List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
- List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
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- 1962 births
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