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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]], [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]],<br>{{GDR}}
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| weight = {{convert|93|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
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| country = {{GER}}
| sport = [[File:Bobsleigh pictogram.svg|25px|alt=|link=]][[Bobsleigh]]
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| club = BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof
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| olympics = [[File:Olympic rings.svg|25px|alt=|link=]] {{gold1}} {{bronze3}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[bobsleigh]]}}
{{MedalCountry |{{GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]]|[[Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Four-man|Four-man]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]]|[[Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Four-man|Four-man]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIBT World Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[FIBT World Championships 1995|1995 Winterberg]]|Four-man}}
{{MedalGold|[[FIBT World Championships 1997|1997 St. Moritz]]|Four-man}}
{{MedalGold|[[FIBT World Championships 2000|2000 Winterberg]]|Four-man}}
{{MedalGold|[[FIBT World Championships 2003|2003 Lake Placid]]|Four-man}}
{{MedalSilver|[[FIBT World Championships 2001|2001 St. Moritz]]|Four-man}}
{{MedalBronze|[[FIBT World Championships 1996|1996 Calgary]]|Four-man}}
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'''Carsten Embach''' (born 12 October 1968 in [[Stralsund]]) is a German [[bobsled]]der 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 Winter Olympics|2002]] and a bronze in [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994]].<ref>[http://sports123.com/bob/mo-4.html Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964]</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 ([[FIBT World Championships 1995|1995]], [[FIBT World Championships 1997|1997]], [[FIBT World Championships 2000|2000]], [[FIBT World Championships 2003|2003]]), one silver ([[FIBT World Championships 2001|2001]]), and one bronze ([[FIBT World Championships 1996|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 in Athletics|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.

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

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[[Category:1968 births]]
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[[Category:East German male 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]]