Christoph Heyder

Christoph Heyder ( born June 3, 1974 in Suhl ) is a German bobsledder.

Christoph Heyder 's Sports soldier and operates bobsledding since 1993. Prior to his Bobkarriere the Sergeant of the Bundeswehr was javelin thrower. The Erfurt starts for the BRC Riesa. When he was 13 Heyder came to Jena to the KJS. In 1999 he made ​​the jump to the national squad in bobsleigh, he exercised since his military service. In 2000, he was injured severely and had to stop for two years with the sport. First Heyder went to the Bob by Christoph Langen, after his career he drove with René Spies and now with Thomas Florschütz.

At the Junior World Championships in 1995 Heyder won silver in the quad, as in 1996 two Bobs. In 1997, he won both titles at the Junior World Championships in 1998 in four. Biggest sporting success was the participation in the 2006 Olympics in Turin. Here he faced with Spies in the four-man event in fifth place. At the World Championships 2004 he won silver at the European Championship in the same year, even the gold medal. In addition, EM- fifth places in 1999 and 2006. German Championship title he won in 2003 in the two- as well as 2004, 2006 and 2007 in four. Runner-up in two it was 2006.