Manuel Machata

Manuel Machata ( born April 18, 1984 in Berchtesgaden ) is a German bobsledder.

Manuel Machata grew up in Ramsau near Berchtesgaden. He made his high school sports high school of CJD Christophorus schools Berchtesgaden. After graduation he joined the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr. In 2006 he became German Junior Champion in the two-man and four-man bobsleigh and junior world champion in four-man bobsleigh. Machata launched since November 2006 in the regular Bob - European Cup. There he won the 2006 and 2007 in Koenigssee and 2007 in Igls, he won the four-man event. In 2007 he was in Koenigssee in twos and German man and four runners-up behind the Bob Thomas Florschütz, third in the 2008 Championships in Altenberg bobsleigh. At the Junior World Championship 2009 in Koenigssee, he reached in two and four-man bobsled each second. In 2009, he also decided the European Cup Appreciation for themselves.

For the season 2010/11 Machata secured the World Cup place, which was released by André Long 's resignation. Although he is classified in the B-team behind the two A- Squad pilot Karl Angerer and Thomas Florschütz, he surprisingly managed on the difficult track in Whistler with his brakeman Andreas Bredau for the season opener in his World Cup debut the first victory in the two- front the simultaneous Angerer and Lyndon Rush. At the next World Cup stop in Calgary, he celebrated his first victory in the four-man event in the cast Makarov, Bredau, Poser at historic treble success of the German Bobmannschaften.

During the season, more wins followed in four in Igls and Winterberg and at the penultimate station on the natural ice rink from St. Moritz in two. At the competition in Winterberg at the same time the European Championship 2011 was extended, the victory with his crew Richard Adjei, Andreas and Florian Becke Bredau therefore meant the first continental title in the four-man event for Machata.

Although he Cesana Pariol with space fifteen in two and eleventh place in the four import its worst single results of the season at the World Cup finals in Cesana, he reached the little sledge second place in the overall standings and secured in the large slide in his first season, the World Cup overall title. On 20 February 2011, he won the silver medal at the World Championships in Koenigssee in the two-man bob. With his brakeman Andreas Bredau he came together with the Bob Thomas Florschütz the second place, both each 0.18 seconds behind the winner Alexander Zubkov from Russia had. The crowning achievement of his career so far is the world champion title in the four-man event in the 2011 season, he went out on February 27, 2011 in Koenigssee in 4 runs excellent.

Machata could not qualify for the World Cup starting positions in the 2013/14 season. He was - not nominated for the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014 - without a World Cup competition in season. Machata was criticized after the games because it was announced that he had asked one of his private sets of runners Alexander Zubkov (RUS ) is available, which thus won two gold medals. On March 3, 2014 it was announced that Manuel Machata from BSD a competition suspension of one year and a fine of 5,000 for his runner Deal - received €.

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