Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Hans-Jürgen•Gerhardt |
| Used name | Hans-Jürgen•Gerhardt |
| Born | 5 September 1954 in Altenburg, Thüringen (GER) |
| Measurements | 185 cm / 82 kg |
| Affiliations | ASK Vorwärts Oberhof, Oberhof (GER) |
| NOC |  East Germany |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Bronze | 0 |
| Total | 2 |
Biography
East German Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt was a nationally successful sprinter and hurdler before he turned to bobsledding. In 1973, he won a gold medal with the 4x100 relay at the European Youth Championships. At his only Olympic appearance in 1980 at Lake Placid he won a silver medal as the brakeman of the two-man bob with pilot Bernhard Germeshausen and a gold medal in the four-man bob with pilot Meinhard Nehmer, Germeshausen and Bogdan Musiol.
At the World Championships Gerhardt added three golds (two-man 1981; four-man 1977, 1981), one silver (four-man 1979), and one bronze medal (four-man 1978), while at the European Championships he won another three golds (two-man 1979; four-man 1979, 1981) and five silver medals (two-man 1978, 1980-81, 1983; four-man 1978).
After the Lake Placid Olympics Gerhardt married figure skater Kerstin Stolfig, but they divorced shortly after German re-unification. Gerhardt was an athletics coach but was unemployed for three years after re-unification, and later became a rehabilitation coach and sports therapist at Erfurt.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | GDR |
Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt | |||
| Two, Men (Olympic) | Bernhard Germeshausen | 2 | Silver | |||
| Four, Men (Olympic) | East Germany 1 | 1 | Gold |
Olympic family relations
- Husband (divorced) of Kerstin Stolfig
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Bob & Skeleton Championships (3–5–0 1978 Igls silver: Two-man and Four-man; 1979 Winterberg gold: Two-man and Four-man; 1980 St. Moritz silver: Two-man; 1981 Igls gold: Four-man, silver: Two-man; 1983 Sarajevo silver: Two-man)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Bob & Skeleton Championships (FIBT/IBSF) (3–1–1 1977 St. Moritz gold: Four-man; 1978 Lake Placid bronze: Four-man; 1979 Königssee silver: Four-man; 1981 Cortina d'Ampezzo gold: Two-man and Four-man)