Klaus Kopp

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameKlaus•Kopp
Used nameKlaus•Kopp
Born22 June 1950 in Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz (GER)
Measurements187 cm / 91 kg
AffiliationsSpVgg Unterhaching, Unterhaching (GER)
NOC West Germany

Biography

Klaus Klopp was the pilot of the four-man bob West Germany I, which finished ninth at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics. One year earlier this four-man bob had won a silver medal at the World Championships. In 1981, Kopp won his only West German national title in the two-man bob with Hajo Schuhmacher. Kopp started his sport career as a football (soccer) youth coach with SpVgg Unterhaching, coaching his son Benjamin before he moved to bobsleigh. By profession, he was a police inspector.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) FRG Klaus Kopp
Four, Men (Olympic) West Germany 1 9

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