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Place of Birth: Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany
About Manuel Machata
- Manuel Machata (born April 18, 1984) is a German former bobsledder who competed from 2005 to 2015. Manuel Machata grew up in Ramsau near Berchtesgaden, Germany.
- He attended the CJD Christophorus high school in Berchtesgaden.
- After completing high school he joined the sports group of the German army (Bundeswehr).
- He became German Junior Champion in both two and four-man and Junior World Champion in four-man bobsled in 2006.
- Machata started regularly at the European Cup since November 2006 where he won the 2006 and 2007 cups at Königssee and 2007 the four-man in Igls.
- He was behind Thomas Florschütz in both two-man and four-man at Königssee 2007 and third in the 2008 two-man championships in Altenberg.
- He reached second place at the Junior World Championship 2009 at Königssee in both two and four-man bobsled.
- He decided the European Cup in 2009 for himself and secured his starting place for the 2010/11 World Cup after André Lange's retirement. Although he was ranked below fellow German drivers Karl Angerer and Thomas Florschütz, he dominated the difficult track in Whistler in a surprise victory in the two-man bobsled with his brakeman Andreas Bredau in his World Cup debut.
- At the following World Cup stop in Calgary, he celebrated his maiden victory in the four-man race with his pushers Makarow, Bredau and Poser. On February 20, 2011 he won silver in two-man at the World Championships Königssee, finishing 0.18 seconds behind Alexsandr Zubkov from Russia.
- His crowning event was the four-man World Championships on February 27, 2011, where he finished first and became World Champion. In March 2014 Machata received a 5,000 Euro fine and a one year ban from the Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland (BSD) after lending a set of bobsled runners to Russian bobsledder Alexander Zubkov in exchange for a fee.
- In October 2015 the BSD announced that Machata had retired from competition.
- The following month he was announced as the head coach of the Chinese bobsleigh team, following the awarding of the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing.
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