Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Martin•Meinberg |
Used name | Martin•Meinberg |
Born | 14 January 1954 in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER) |
Measurements | 192 cm / 98 kg |
Affiliations | BSC Winterberg, Winterberg (GER) |
NOC | West Germany |
Former discus thrower, decathlete and sprinter Martin Meinberg took part in the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics as a bobsleigh athlete and finished 10th with the West German four-man bob of pilot Alois Schnorbus. He also won gold medals with the four-man bob at the 1977 Youth European Championships, and in 1978 with both the two- and four-man bobs. After his sports career he coached handball club FC Schalke 04. He was a lawyer specializing in tax and criminal law by profession.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1980 Winter Olympics | Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) | FRG | Martin Meinberg | |||
Four, Men (Olympic) | West Germany 2 | 10 |