Andreas Kirchner (17 August 1953 – 10 November 2010) was an East German hammer thrower and bob pusher for record holder Wolfgang Hoppe.
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Medal record
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He competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man with a gold in 1984 and a bronze in 1980. He was born in Erlbach-Kirchberg, Saxony.
Kirchner also won two medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1981 and a bronze in 1982.
On 15 November 2010 he was found dead in his apartment in Suhl, Thuringia where he worked as a teacher.[1] He was 57.
References
edit- ^ Andreas Kirchner found dead in Suhl Süddeutsche.de (in German)
External links
edit- 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
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andreas Kirchner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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