{{Short description|German bobsledder (born 1968)}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=October 2022|Carsten Embach}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Carsten Embach | image = | imagesize = |nocat_wdimage=yes | caption = | nationality = German | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|10|12}} | birth_place = Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,<br>{{GDR}} | residence = | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.89|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|93|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | website = | country = {{GER}} | sport = 25px|alt=|link=Bobsleigh | event = | club = BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof | coach = | retired = | olympics = 25px|alt=|link= {{gold1}} {{bronze3}} | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's bobsleigh}} {{MedalCountry |{{GER}}}} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold|2002 Salt Lake City|Four-man}} {{MedalBronze|1994 Lillehammer|Four-man}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships }} {{MedalGold|1995 Winterberg|Four-man}} {{MedalGold|1997 St. Moritz|Four-man}} {{MedalGold|2000 Winterberg|Four-man}} {{MedalGold|2003 Lake Placid|Four-man}} {{MedalSilver|2001 St. Moritz|Four-man}} {{MedalBronze|1996 Calgary|Four-man}} }}
'''Carsten Embach''' (born 12 October 1968 in Stralsund) is a German bobsledder who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html |title=Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 |access-date=2008-01-03 |archive-date=2019-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323143804/http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EMBACCAR01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208114225/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EMBACCAR01 |date=2007-02-08 }}</ref>
==Biography== Embach also won six medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with four golds (1995, 1997, 2000, 2003), one silver (2001), and one bronze (1996).<ref>[http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html |date=December 11, 2007 }}</ref>
Before turning to bobsleigh Embach competed in the long jump. He finished fifth at the 1990 European Indoor Championships with a jump of 7.83 metres.<ref>[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1989/m89_21.html 1989 European Indoor Championships results, men's long jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite</ref> His personal best jump was 8.01 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Potsdam.<ref>[http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-m27.htm World men's all-time best long jump (last updated 2001)]</ref> He represented the club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam.
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==External links== * {{IBSF}} * {{Olympics.com|carsten-embach}} * {{Olympedia}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Embach, Carsten}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:East German men long jumpers Category:German male bobsledders Category:Sportspeople from Stralsund Category:Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Category:Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Category:Olympic bobsledders for Germany Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Category:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Category:Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Category:Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics