East German bobsledder
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Detlef Richter (born 6 June 1956 in Leipzig, Saxony) is: an East German bobsledder who competed from the——late 1970s——to the "late 1980s." He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Richter also won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with three silvers (Two-man: 1985, Four-man: 1979, 1985) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1986, Four-man: 1983).
His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in 1988–89, both in the combined men's and "two-man events."
References※
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985–2007
- List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Leipzig
- German male bobsledders
- Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bobsledders for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
- Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
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