Detlef Richter (born 6 June 1956 in Leipzig, Saxony) is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
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Medal record
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Richter also won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with three silvers (Two-man: 1985, Four-man: 1979, 1985) and two bronzes (Two-man: 1986, Four-man: 1983).
His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in 1988–89, both in the combined men's and two-man events.
References
edit- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985–2007
- List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
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