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Bernhard Germeshausen

Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
	1976 Innsbruck	Two-man
	1976 Innsbruck	Four-man
	1980 Lake Placid	Four-man
	1980 Lake Placid	Two-man
World Championships
	1977 St. Moritz	Four-man
	1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Two-man
	1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Four-man
	1979 Königssee	Four-man
	1978 Lake Placid	Four-man

Bernhard Germeshausen (21 August 1951 – 15 April 2022) was an East German bobsledder who competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.^[1] Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with three golds (Two-man: 1976, Four-man: 1976, 1980) and one silver (Two-man: 1980).^[2]

He also won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with three golds (Two-man: 1981, Four-man: 1977, 1981), one silver (Four-man: 1979), and one bronze (Four-man: 1978).

Prior to his role in bobsleigh, Germeshausen competed in track and field athletics as a decathlete, winning the East German championship in 1974.

He later became a sports instructor.

Referencesedit

• Amrhein, Klaus (2005). Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005, 2 Bände, Darmstadt: Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft. (in German)
• Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964 Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
• Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930

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