Bogdan Musiol (born 25 July 1957 in Świętochłowice, Silesia

Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...

, Poland

Poland

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) is an East German-German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

The former shot put

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

ter started pushing bob sleighs in 1977 for pilot Horst Bernhard

Horst Bernhard

Horst Bernhardt is an East German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the 1978 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid.-References:*...

. Behind Horst Schönau he became world champion for the first time in 1978. He also pushed for Bernhard Germeshausen

Bernhard Germeshausen

Bernhard Germeshausen is an East German bobsledder who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s...

, Meinhard Nehmer

Meinhard Nehmer

Meinhard Nehmer is an East German bobsledder who competed from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with three golds and one bronze...

, Bernhard Lehmann

Bernhard Lehmann

Bernhard Lehmann is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s...

, Detlef Richter

Detlef Richter

Detlef Richter is an East German bobsledder who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s...

 and finally Wolfgang Hoppe

Wolfgang Hoppe

Wolfgang Hoppe is an East German former decathlete, bob pilot and 36-time international medal winner who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s...

.

Competing in four Winter Olympic Games

Winter Olympic Games

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, he won seven medals with one gold (Four-man: 1980

1980 Winter Olympics

The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...

), five silvers (Two-man: 1984

1984 Winter Olympics

The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...

, 1988

1988 Winter Olympics

The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in and around Calgary, Alberta, Canada from 13 to 28 February 1988. The host was selected in 1981 after having beat Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy...

; Four-man: 1984, 1988, 1992

1992 Winter Olympics

The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 8 to 23 February 1992 in Albertville, France. They were the last Winter Olympics to be held the same year as the Summer Olympics, and the first where the Winter Paralympics...

), and one bronze (Two-man: 1980).

Musiol also won seven medals at the FIBT World Championships

FIBT World Championships

The FIBT World Championships, part of the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing , have taken place on an annual basis in non-Winter Olympic years since 1930. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947...

 with three golds (Two-man: 1989

FIBT World Championships 1989

The FIBT World Championships 1989 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy and St. Moritz, Switzerland . Cortina hosted the championships for the eighth time, having hosted the event previously in 1937 , 1939 , 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, and 1981. Meanwhile, St. Moritz hosted a championship event for...

, Four-man: 1978

FIBT World Championships 1978

The FIBT World Championships 1978 took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States for the fifth time, hosting the event previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, and 1973.-Two man bobsleigh:-Four man bobsleigh:-Medal table:-References:**...

, 1991

FIBT World Championships 1991

The FIBT World Championships 1991 took place in Altenberg, Germany and Igls, Austria . This was Altenberg's first time hosting a championship event. Igls was hosting its third, doing so previously in 1935 and 1963...

), two silvers (Four-man: 1982

FIBT World Championships 1982

The FIBT World Championships 1982 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record fourteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 , 1935 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, and 1977. The skeleton event debutted at the championships after...

, 1987

FIBT World Championships 1987

The FIBT World Championships 1987 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record fifteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 , 1935 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 , 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, and 1982...

), and two bronzes (Two-man: 1990

FIBT World Championships 1990

The FIBT World Championships 1990 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and Königssee, West Germany . St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record seventeenth time...

, Four-man: 1989).

From 1980 to 1988, the former NVA

NVA

NVA is a three-letter acronym for:*National People's Army, or Nationale Volksarmee, the army of former German Democratic Republic*Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie, a Flemish political party also known as New-Flemish Alliance...

 Hauptmann

Hauptmann

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 took part for East Germany

East Germany at the Olympics

The German Democratic Republic , often called East Germany, had founded a separate National Olympic Committee for socialist East Germany on 22 April 1951 in the Rotes Rathaus of East Berlin, as the last of three German Olympic committees of the time...

, then after German reunification

German reunification

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 in 1990 for Germany at the Winter Olympics

Germany at the Winter Olympics

Athletes from Germany have appeared in only 18 of the 20 editions of the Winter Olympic Games as they were not invited to two events after the World Wars, in 1924 and 1948...

 until 1994. At the end of his career he had won 31 Medals at international competitions (Olympics, World and European championships - 7 golds, 16 silvers, and 8 bronzes) and was the most successful bob athlete until Wolfgang Hoppe scored 33.

Musiol competed for ASK Vorwärts Oberhof, later WSV Oberhof

Oberhof

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 05. He owns fitness studios in Zella-Mehlis

Zella-Mehlis

Zella-Mehlis is a town in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated in the Thuringian Forest, 5 km north of Suhl, and 20 km east of Meiningen. The town of Zella-Mehlis is the site of the original Walther arms weapons factory. It remained there until the...

 and Oschatz

Oschatz

Oschatz is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 60 km east of Leipzig and 60 km west of Dresden.- Site and Climate :...

 . He was in charge for the material of the German Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland

Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland

Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland e.V. is the official federation for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in Germany...

until his dismissal in 2000.