# Carsten Embach

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{{Short description|German bobsledder (born 1968)}}
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| nationality = German
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|10|12}}
| birth_place = [Stralsund](/source/Stralsund), [Mecklenburg-Vorpommern](/source/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern),<br>{{GDR}}
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| club = BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof
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{{MedalSport|Men's [bobsleigh](/source/bobsleigh)}}
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{{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) }}
{{MedalGold|[2002 Salt Lake City](/source/2002_Winter_Olympics)|[Four-man](/source/Bobsleigh_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Four-man)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1994 Lillehammer](/source/1994_Winter_Olympics)|[Four-man](/source/Bobsleigh_at_the_1994_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Four-man)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Championships](/source/FIBT_World_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold|[1995 Winterberg](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_1995)|Four-man}}
{{MedalGold|[1997 St. Moritz](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_1997)|Four-man}}
{{MedalGold|[2000 Winterberg](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_2000)|Four-man}}
{{MedalGold|[2003 Lake Placid](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_2003)|Four-man}}
{{MedalSilver|[2001 St. Moritz](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_2001)|Four-man}}
{{MedalBronze|[1996 Calgary](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_1996)|Four-man}}
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'''Carsten Embach''' (born 12 October 1968 in [Stralsund](/source/Stralsund)) is a German [bobsled](/source/bobsled)der who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two [Winter Olympics](/source/Winter_Olympics), he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in [2002](/source/2002_Winter_Olympics) and a bronze in [1994](/source/1994_Winter_Olympics).<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](/source/FIBT_World_Championships) with four golds ([1995](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_1995), [1997](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_1997), [2000](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_2000), [2003](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_2003)), one silver ([2001](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_2001)), and one bronze ([1996](/source/FIBT_World_Championships_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](/source/long_jump). He finished fifth at the [1990 European Indoor Championships](/source/1990_European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics) 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](/source/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.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Olympics.com|carsten-embach}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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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

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