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German bobsledder (born 1985)

Martin Putze

Putze showing his 2010 silver medal

Personal information

Nationality

German

Born

(1985-01-14) 14 January 1985 (age 40)
Apolda, Thuringia,

East Germany

Height

1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)

Sport

Country

Germany

Sport

Bobsleigh

Event

4-man

Club

BSR "Rennsteig" Oberhof

Achievements and titles

Olympic finals

Medal record

Men´s Bobsleigh

Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	2006 Turin	Four-man
	2010 Vancouver	Four-man
World Championships
	2005 Calgary	Four-man
	2008 Altenberg	Four-man
	2013 St. Moritz	Four-man
	2009 Lake Placid	Four-man
	2012 Lake Placid	Four-man
	2007 St. Moritz	Four-man

Martin Putze (born 14 January 1985 in Apolda, Thuringia) is a German bobsledder who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in 2006 and a silver in 2010.

Putze also won four medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (2005, 2008), one silver (2009) and one bronze (2007).

References

^ FIBT-Bobsleigh profile, accessed 9 December 2010

External links

v t e Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh
1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI) 1928: Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA) 1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA) 1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI) 1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA) 1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER) 1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI) 1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN) 1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA) 1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI) 1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR) 1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR) 1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR) 1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI) 1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT) 1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER) 1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER) 2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER) 2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER) 2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA) 2014: Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT) 2018: Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER) 2022: Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)

Olympic champions in four-man bobsleigh

1924: Scherrer, Neveu, A. Schläppi, H. Schläppi (SUI)
1928: Fiske, Tucker, Mason, Gray, Parke (USA)
1932: Fiske, Eagan, Gray, O'Brien (USA)
1936: Musy, Gartmann, Bouvier, Beerli (SUI)
1948: Tyler, Martin, Rimkus, D'Amico (USA)
1952: Ostler, Kuhn, Nieberl, Kemser (GER)
1956: Kapus, Diener, Alt, Angst (SUI)
1964: V. Emery, Kirby, Anakin, J. Emery (CAN)
1968: Monti, de Paolis, Zandonella, Armano (ITA)
1972: Wicki, Hubacher, Leutenegger, Camichel (SUI)
1976: Nehmer, Babock, Germeshausen, Lehmann (GDR)
1980: Nehmer, Musioł, Germeshausen, Gerhardt (GDR)
1984: Hoppe, Wetzig, Schauerhammer, Kirchner (GDR)
1988: Fasser, Meier, Fässler, Stocker (SUI)
1992: Appelt, Winkler, Haidacher, Schroll (AUT)
1994: Czudaj, Brannasch, Hampel, Szelig (GER)
1998: Langen, Zimmerman, Jakobs, Hampel (GER)
2002: Lange, Kühn, Kuske, Embach (GER)
2006: Lange, Hoppe, Putze, Kuske (GER)
2010: Holcomb, Olsen, Mesler, Tomasevicz (USA)
2014: Melbārdis, Vilkaste, Dreiškens, Strenga (LAT)
2018: Friedrich, Bauer, Grothkopp, Margis (GER)
2022: Friedrich, Margis, Bauer, Schüller (GER)

v t e World champions in four-man bobsleigh
1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, Gino Rossi (bobsledder)) 1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld) 1933: Not held 1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber) 1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber) 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Brian Black) 1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Chris Mackintosh) 1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli) 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Friedrich Waller, Felix Endrich, Stephan Waser) 1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, William D'Amico) 1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, William D'Amico) 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl) 1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith) 1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst) 1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst) 1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, Heinz Leu) 1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, Walter Haller) 1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Vooris, Charles Thomas Butler) 1960–61: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, Renzo Alverà) 1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, Otto Göbl) 1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, Romano Bonagura) 1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, Peter Kirby) 1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, Roland Ebert) 1967: Cancelled to weather conditions 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, Stefan Gaisreiter) 1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis) 1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer) 1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer) 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, Albert Wurzer) 1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, Joseph Benz) 1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge) 1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, Bogdan Musioł) 1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, Heinz Busche) 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, Michael Trübner) 1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth) 1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter) 1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, Steffen Grummt) 1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser) 1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser) 1989–90: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell) 1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen) 1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, Domenico Semeraro) 1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, Carsten Embach) 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, Olaf Hampel) 1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach) 1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert) 2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, Carsten Embach) 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger) 2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach) 2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe) 2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze) 2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cédric Grand) 2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze) 2009: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz) 2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser) 2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz) 2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze) 2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Korona, Ben Heber) 2016: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste, Jānis Strenga) 2017: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis) & (Johannes Lochner, Matthias Kagerhuber, Joshua Bluhm, Christian Rasp) 2019: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis) 2020: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Alexander Schüller) 2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller) 2023: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller) 2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Alexander Schüller, Felix Straub)

World champions in four-man bobsleigh

1930: Italy (Franco Zaninetta, Giorgio Biasini, Antonio Dorini, Gino Rossi (bobsledder))
1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld)
1933: Not held
1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Brian Black)
1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Chris Mackintosh)
1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Friedrich Waller, Felix Endrich, Stephan Waser)
1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, William D'Amico)
1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, William D'Amico)
1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl)
1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith)
1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst)
1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst)
1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, Heinz Leu)
1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, Walter Haller)
1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Vooris, Charles Thomas Butler)
1960–61: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, Renzo Alverà)
1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, Otto Göbl)
1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, Romano Bonagura)
1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, Peter Kirby)
1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, Roland Ebert)
1967: Cancelled to weather conditions
1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, Stefan Gaisreiter)
1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis)
1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, Albert Wurzer)
1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, Joseph Benz)
1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge)
1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, Bogdan Musioł)
1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, Heinz Busche)
1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, Michael Trübner)
1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth)
1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter)
1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, Steffen Grummt)
1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser)
1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser)
1989–90: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, Domenico Semeraro)
1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, Carsten Embach)
1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, Olaf Hampel)
1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach)
1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, Carsten Embach)
2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger)
2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach)
2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe)
2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cédric Grand)
2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
2009: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz)
2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz)
2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze)
2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Korona, Ben Heber)
2016: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste, Jānis Strenga)
2017: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis) & (Johannes Lochner, Matthias Kagerhuber, Joshua Bluhm, Christian Rasp)
2019: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis)
2020: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Alexander Schüller)
2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller)
2023: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller)
2024: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Alexander Schüller, Felix Straub)

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