Steffen Grummt

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Steffen Grummt
Personal information
Born15 September 1959
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Representing  East Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Cervinia Four-man
Silver medal – second place 1985 Cervinia Two-man
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Königssee Two-man

Steffen Grummt (born 15 September 1959 in Wilkau-Haßlau, Saxony) is an East German decathlete who competed from the late 1970s to 1983. He later competed in bobsleigh in the mid-1980s.

Biography

As a decathlete, Grummt finished eighth at the

1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens and eighth at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. Following East Germany's boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
, Grummt switched to bobsleigh where he found better success.

In

FIBT World Championships with a gold (Four-man: 1985), a silver (Two-man: 1985), and a bronze (Two-man: 1986
).

Grummt is head of the sports school in Mainz, Germany. He is married to Kornelia Ender who won a combined nine medals in women's swimming at the Summer Olympics in both 1972 and 1976.

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