Christoph Langen

Medal record

Men's Bobsleigh
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	Four-man
	2002 Salt Lake City	Two-man
	1992 Albertville	Two-man
	1998 Nagano	Two-man
World Championships
	1991 Altenberg	Four-man
	1993 Igls	Two-man
	1995 Winterberg	Two-man
	1996 Calgary	Two-man
	1996 Calgary	Four-man
	2000 Altenberg	Two-man
	2001 St. Moritz	Two-man
	2001 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1999 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
	2000 Altenberg	Four-man
	2004 Königssee	Two-man
	2004 Königssee	Four-man
World Cup Championships
	1995-96	Combined
	1995-96	Two-man
	1998-99	Combined
	1998-99	Four-man
	1998-99	Two-man
	2003-04	Two-man
	1993-94	Two-man
	1995-96	Four-man
European Championships
	1994	Two-man
	1995	Two-man
	1996	Four-man
	1996	Two-man
	1999	Four-man
	2001	Two-man
	2004	Two-man

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 1985 to 2005 (as a pilot from 1991). Competing in three 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 injuries to 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 (1995-6, 1998-9), the two-man event three times (1995-6, 1998-9, 2003-4), and the four-man event once (1998-9).

Additional championships

European champion 2-man crew: 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2004
European champion 4-man crew: 1996, 1999

References

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Olympic Champions in Two-Man Bobsleigh

1932: Hubert Stevens & Curtis Stevens (USA)
1936: Ivan Brown & Alan Washbond (USA)
1948: Felix Endrich & Friedrich Waller (SUI)
1952: Andreas Ostler & Lorenz Nieberl (GER)
1956: Lamberto Dalla Costa & Giacomo Conti (ITA)
1964: Anthony Nash & Robin Dixon (GBR)
1968: Eugenio Monti & Luciano de Paolis (ITA)
1972: Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider (FRG)
1976: Meinhard Nehmer & Bernhard Germeshausen (GDR)
1980: Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz (SUI)
1984: Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer (GDR)
1988: Jānis Ķipurs & Vladimir Koslov (URS)
1992: Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin (SUI)
1994: Gustav Weder & Donat Acklin (SUI)
1998: Pierre Lueders & David MacEachern (CAN)
1998: Günther Huber & Antonio Tartaglia (ITA)
2002: Christoph Langen & Markus Zimmermann (GER)
2006: André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER)
2010: André Lange & Kevin Kuske (GER)
2014: Alexandr Zubkov & Alexey Voyevoda (RUS)

Olympic Champions in Four-Man Bobsleigh

1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI)
1928: Fiske, Tocker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA)
1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA)
1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI)
1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA)
1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER)
1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI)
1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN)
1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA)
1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI)
1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR)
1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR)
1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR)
1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI)
1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT)
1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER)
1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER)
2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER)
2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER)
2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA)
2014: Zubkov, Trunenkov, Negodaylo, Voyevoda (RUS)

World champions in two-man bobsleigh

1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Sebastian Huber)
1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană, Dumitru Hubert)
1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim, Vasile Dumitrescu)
1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt, Emil Diener)
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, Byran Black)
1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
1939: Belgium (René Lunden, Jeans Coops)
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Friedrich Waller)
1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Lorenz Nieberl)
1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli)
1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier, Andrea Zambelli)
1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton)
1957: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
1958: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
1959: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti, Enrico de Lorenzo)
1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
1965: Great Britain (Anthony Nash, Robin Dixon)
1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler, Reinhold Durnthaler)
1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Adriano Frassinelli)
1970: West Germany (Horst Floth, Pepi Bader)
1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari, Mario Armano)
1973: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
1975: Italy (Giorgio Alvera, Franco Perruquet)
1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Heinz Meier)
1978: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Joseph Benz)
1979: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Joseph Benz)
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)
1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Urs Leuthold)
1985: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1986: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Celeste Poltera)
1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł)
1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber)
1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner, Markus Zimmermann)
1993: Germany (Christoph Langen, Peer Joechel)
1995: Germany (Christoph Langen, Olaf Hampel)
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin)
1999: Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
2000: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Marco Jakobs)
2003: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo)
2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Lascelles Brown)
2007: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
2008: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Cédric Grand)
2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Alexey Voyevoda)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Steven Langton)
2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Jannis Bäcker)
2015: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)
2016: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)

World champions in four-man bobsleigh

1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, Gino Rossi (bobsledder))
1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld)
1933: Not held
1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, Byran Black)
1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Green, Chris MacKintosh)
1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, William D'Amico)
1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, William D'Amico)
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl)
1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith)
1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst)
1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst)
1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, Heinz Leu)
1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, Walter Haller)
1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Voorhis, Thomas Butler)
1960: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Furio Nordio, Sergio Siorpaes, Renzo Alverà)
1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, Renzo Alverà)
1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, Otto Göbl)
1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, Romano Bonagura)
1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, Peter Kirby)
1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, Roland Ebert)
1967: Cancelled to weather conditions
1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, Stefan Gaisreiter)
1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis)
1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, Albert Wurzer)
1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, Joseph Benz)
1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge)
1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, Bogdan Musioł)
1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, Heinz Busche)
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, Michael Trübner)
1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth)
1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter)
1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, Steffen Grummt)
1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, André Kisser)
1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, André Kisser)
1989: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Curdin Morell, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz)
1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, Domenico Semeraro)
1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, Carsten Embach)
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, Olaf Hampel)
1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach)
1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, Carsten Embach)
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger)
2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach)
2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe)
2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cédric Grand)
2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
2009: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz)
2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz)
2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze)
2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Korona, Ben Heber)
2016: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste, Jānis Strenga)

World Cup champions in bobsleigh men's combined

1984–85: West Germany (Anton Fischer)
1985–86: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser)
1986–87: United States (Matt Roy)
1987–88: Austria (Ingo Appelt)
1988–89: Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
1989–90: Soviet Union (Maris Poikans)
1990–91: Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
1991–92: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
1992–93: United States (Brian Shimer)
1993–94: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1995–96: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1996–97: Italy (Günther Huber)
1997–98: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1999–2000: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner)
2000–01: Germany (André Lange)
2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2002–03: Germany (André Lange)
2003–04: Germany (André Lange)
2004–05: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2005–06: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
2006–07: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2009–10: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)
2011–12: Germany (Maximilian Arndt)
2012–13: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)
2013–14: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2014–15: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)
2015–16: Germany (Nico Walther)

World Cup champions in two-man bobsleigh

1984–85 (unofficial): West Germany (Anton Fischer)
1985–86 (unofficial): Soviet Union (Maris Poikans)
1986–87 (unofficial): West Germany (Anton Fischer)
1987–88 (unofficial): Soviet Union (Janis Kipurs)
1988–89 (unofficial): Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
1989–90 (unofficial): West Germany (Christian Schebitz)
1990–91: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
1991–92: Italy (Günther Huber)
1992–93: Italy (Günther Huber)
1993–94: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1995–96: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1996–97: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1997–98: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1999–2000: Switzerland (Christian Reich)
2000–01: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2002–03: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
2003–04: Germany (Christoph Langen)
2004–05: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2005–06: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
2006–07: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
2008–09: Switzerland (Beat Hefti)
2009–10: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg)
2010–11: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2011–12: Switzerland (Beat Hefti)
2012–13: Canada (Lyndon Rush)
2013–14: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2014–15: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)
2015–16: South Korea (Won Yun-jong)

World Cup champions in four-man bobsleigh

1984–85 (unofficial): United States (Jeffrey Jost)
1985–86 (unofficial): Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser)
1986–87 (unofficial): United States (Matt Roy)
1987–88 (unofficial): Austria (Ingo Appelt) & Austria (Peter Kienast)
1988–89 (unofficial): Austria (Ingo Appelt)
1989–90 (unofficial): Canada (Chris Lori)
1990–91: Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
1991–92: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
1992–93: United States (Brian Shimer)
1993–94: Austria (Hubert Schösser)
1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
1995–96: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
1996–97: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner)
1997–98: Germany (Harald Czudaj)
1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen)
1999–2000: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner)
2000–01: Germany (André Lange)
2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
2002–03: Germany (André Lange)
2003–04: Germany (André Lange)
2004–05: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2005–06: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2006–07: Russia (Yevgeni Popov)
2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2009–10: United States (Steven Holcomb)
2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)
2011–12: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2012–13: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
2013–14: Germany (Maximilian Arndt)
2014–15: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)
2015–16: Germany (Maximilian Arndt)

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