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'''Raimund Bethge''' (born 7 July 1947 in [[Schwedt]], [[Brandenburg]]) is an [[East Germany|East German]] [[bobsled]]der who competed in the late 1970s. He won a complete set of medals at the [[FIBT World Championships]] with a gold in four-man ([[FIBT World Championships 1977|1977]]), a silver in two-man ([[FIBT World Championships 1978|1978]], and a bronze in four-man (1978).
'''Raimund Bethge''' (born 7 July 1947 in [[Schwedt]], [[Brandenburg]]) is an [[East Germany|East German]] [[bobsled]]der who competed in the late 1970s. He took up the sport in 1975.<ref name="SR profile" /> He won a complete set of medals at the [[FIBT World Championships]] with a gold in four-man ([[FIBT World Championships 1977|1977]]), a silver in two-man ([[FIBT World Championships 1978|1978]], and a bronze in four-man (1978). He also took a silver in the [[Bobsleigh and Skeleton European Championship|European Championships]] in 1978 in the four-man event.<ref name="SR profile" /> Bethge also competed at the [[1976 Winter Olympics]] in [[Innsbruck]], finishing fourth in the [[Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Four-man|four-man event]] and seventh in the [[Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Two-man|two-man event]].<ref name="SR profile">{{Cite sports-reference |title = Raimund Bethge |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/raimund-bethge-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022902/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/raimund-bethge-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 22 November 2018 }}</ref>


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Prior to his role in [[bobsleigh]], Bethge was national champion in the [[110 metres hurdles]] in 1969, and finished fifth in the event at the [[1969 European Championships in Athletics]] in [[Athens]]. He also won East German national titles in the 110 metres hurdles and the indoor [[55 metres hurdles]] in 1969 and as part of a successful [[4 × 100 metres relay]] team in 1970.<ref name="SR profile" />
Bethge also competed at the [[1976 Winter Olympics]] in [[Innsbruck]], finishing fourth in the four-man event and seventh in the two-man event.


Bethge was forced to retire from bobsleigh in 1979 following a [[bus]] accident. That same year he took up coaching, initially as an assistant club coach at the [[Oberhof bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track|Oberhof track]]. He became a trainer for the bobsleigh federation in [[East Germany]], then for unified [[Germany]] after East and [[West Germany]] reunified in 1990. One of the athletes he trained was [[Wolfgang Hoppe]], who would later become a coach for the [[Germany|German]] team. Another would be [[Christoph Langen]], another successful bobsledder who was appointed as coach of the German team in 2010.<ref name="SR profile" /><ref name=dosb>{{cite web |last1=Pfaff |first1=Eva |author-link1=Eva Pfaff |title=Interview mit Raimund Bethge, Bundestrainer beim Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland (BSD)- "DOSB-Trainer des Jahres 2006" |url=https://www.dosb.de/sonderseiten/news/news-detail/news/interview-mit-raimund-bethge-bundestrainer-beim-bob-und-schlittenverband-fuer-deutschland-bsd-d/?no_cache=1&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=733c8431754acd8d4918d758c166bade |date=29 March 2007|website=[[German Olympic Sports Confederation]] |access-date=10 February 2019 |language=de|trans-title=Interview with Raimund Bethge, National Coach of the German Bobsleigh and Sled Association (BSD) - "DOSB Coach of the Year 2006"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/christoph-langen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417081951/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/christoph-langen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Christoph Langen |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=[[Sports Reference]]|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>
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Prior to his role in [[bobsleigh]], Bethge was national champion in the [[110 meter hurdles]] in 1969, and finished fifth in the event at the [[1969 European Championships in Athletics]] in [[Athens]].


Bethge was named trainer of the year in Germany in 2006 by the [[German Olympic Sports Confederation]] as a result of his successes that included 80 men's bobsleigh medals overall ([[Winter Olympics]], World championship, and European championship), 11 women's bobsleigh medals overall, and 11 [[Skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] medals overall. He donated the €10,000 prize money to the [[German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation]] to fund youth development.<ref name=dosb /> He was able to attend the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]] despite breaking both of his legs after being hit by an [[Australia]]n bobsled during a practice run at [[Cesana Pariol]] on 30 November 2005. Bethge was planning to avoid travelling to the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in [[Vancouver]] due to health problems arising from these injuries, but after the whole German team appealed to him to reconsider by wearing "Raimund for [[Whistler Sliding Center|Whistler]]" t-shirts at a World Cup race in [[St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun|St. Moritz]] he agreed to attend the Games. He retired from coaching in August 2010.<ref name="SR profile" /><ref name=sn>{{cite web |url=https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.bob-goldschmied-raimund-bethge-geht-in-rente.c3c19b97-7d4d-46f2-bd1e-65016b0c8b13.html |title=Bob-Goldschmied Raimund Bethge geht in Rente |last=Kastner |first=Frank |date=27 February 2010 |website=[[Stuttgarter Nachrichten]] |language=de|trans-title=Bob Goldsmith Raimund Bethge retires |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>
Bethge was forced to retire from bobsleigh in 1979 following a [[bus]] accident. He became a trainer for the bobsleigh federation in [[East Germany]], then for unified [[Germany]] after East and [[West Germany]] reunified in 1990. One of the athletes he trained was [[Wolfgang Hoppe]], who would later become a coach for the [[Germany|German]] team. Another would be [[Christoph Langen]], another successful bobsledder.


Bethge is the half-brother of the sports shooter [[Bernhard Hochwald]] and [[Katja Klepp]] is his sister-in-law.<ref name="SR profile" />
Bethge was named trainer of the year in Germany in 2006 as a result of his successes that included 80 men's bobsleigh medals overall ([[Winter Olympics]], World championship, and European championship), 11 women's bobsleigh medals overall, and 11 [[Skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] medals overall. He was able to attend the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]] despite breaking both of his legs after being hit by an [[Australia]]n bobsled during a practice run at [[Cesana Pariol]] on November 30, 2005.


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/02/09/1565654.htm Australian Broadcasting Company News on Bethge]
*[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/02/09/1565654.htm Australian Broadcasting Company News on Bethge]
*[http://www.dosb.de/de/ueber-uns/news/detail/news/premiere_in_weimar_raimund_bethge_ist_trainer_des_jahres/8583/nb/5/cHash/f608c432a5/ Bethge named 2006 Trainer of the Year.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{de icon}}
*[http://www.dosb.de/de/ueber-uns/news/detail/news/premiere_in_weimar_raimund_bethge_ist_trainer_des_jahres/8583/nb/5/cHash/f608c432a5/ Bethge named 2006 Trainer of the Year.]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222800/http://www.bsd-portal.de/c.2170.htm BSD profile] {{de icon}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222800/http://www.bsd-portal.de/c.2170.htm BSD profile] {{in lang|de}}
*Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 - 1980''. New York: Penguin Books. pp.&nbsp;559, 561.
*Wallenchinsky, David (1984). "Bobsled". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896 – 1980''. New York: Penguin Books. pp.&nbsp;559, 561.


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Latest revision as of 00:38, 28 October 2024

Raimund Bethge
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing  East Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 St. Moritz Four-man
Silver medal – second place 1978 Lake Placid Two-man
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Lake Placid Four-man
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Igls Four-man

Raimund Bethge (born 7 July 1947 in Schwedt, Brandenburg) is an East German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He took up the sport in 1975.[1] He won a complete set of medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in four-man (1977), a silver in two-man (1978, and a bronze in four-man (1978). He also took a silver in the European Championships in 1978 in the four-man event.[1] Bethge also competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, finishing fourth in the four-man event and seventh in the two-man event.[1]

Prior to his role in bobsleigh, Bethge was national champion in the 110 metres hurdles in 1969, and finished fifth in the event at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens. He also won East German national titles in the 110 metres hurdles and the indoor 55 metres hurdles in 1969 and as part of a successful 4 × 100 metres relay team in 1970.[1]

Bethge was forced to retire from bobsleigh in 1979 following a bus accident. That same year he took up coaching, initially as an assistant club coach at the Oberhof track. He became a trainer for the bobsleigh federation in East Germany, then for unified Germany after East and West Germany reunified in 1990. One of the athletes he trained was Wolfgang Hoppe, who would later become a coach for the German team. Another would be Christoph Langen, another successful bobsledder who was appointed as coach of the German team in 2010.[1][2][3]

Bethge was named trainer of the year in Germany in 2006 by the German Olympic Sports Confederation as a result of his successes that included 80 men's bobsleigh medals overall (Winter Olympics, World championship, and European championship), 11 women's bobsleigh medals overall, and 11 skeleton medals overall. He donated the €10,000 prize money to the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation to fund youth development.[2] He was able to attend the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin despite breaking both of his legs after being hit by an Australian bobsled during a practice run at Cesana Pariol on 30 November 2005. Bethge was planning to avoid travelling to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver due to health problems arising from these injuries, but after the whole German team appealed to him to reconsider by wearing "Raimund for Whistler" t-shirts at a World Cup race in St. Moritz he agreed to attend the Games. He retired from coaching in August 2010.[1][4]

Bethge is the half-brother of the sports shooter Bernhard Hochwald and Katja Klepp is his sister-in-law.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raimund Bethge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b Pfaff, Eva (29 March 2007). "Interview mit Raimund Bethge, Bundestrainer beim Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland (BSD)- "DOSB-Trainer des Jahres 2006"" [Interview with Raimund Bethge, National Coach of the German Bobsleigh and Sled Association (BSD) - "DOSB Coach of the Year 2006"]. German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Christoph Langen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  4. ^ Kastner, Frank (27 February 2010). "Bob-Goldschmied Raimund Bethge geht in Rente" [Bob Goldsmith Raimund Bethge retires]. Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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