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2006–07 Bobsleigh World Cup
The 2006–07 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 27 November 2006 and ended on 25 February 2007. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton. Calendar Men Women Men's overall results Two-man Four-man Women's overall results Two-woman References * {{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 Bobsleigh World Cup World Cup World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ... Bobsleigh World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (formerly the FIBT). The first bobsleds were built in the late 19th century in St. Moritz, Switzerland, by wealthy tourists from Victorian Britain who were staying at the Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Palace Hotel owned by Caspar Badrutt. The early sleds were adapted from boys' delivery sleds and toboggans. These eventually evolved into bobsleighs, luges and Skeleton (sport), skeletons. Initially the tourists would race their hand-built contraptions down the narrow streets of St. Moritz; however, as collisions increased, growing opposition from St. Moritz residents led to bobsledding being eventually banned from public highways. In the winter of 1884, Badrutt had a purpose-built run constructed near the hamlet of Crest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Orechnikov
Roman Oreshnikov (; born 6 February 1983 in Kerch, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2002. He won the silver medal in the four-man event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. Oreshinikov also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of tied for ninth in the four-man event at Vancouver in 2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year .... ReferencesBobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930* 1983 births Living people People from Kerch Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Russia Russian male bobsledders 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, Essex County, New York (state), New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, New York, North Elba, southwest of Plattsburgh (city), New York, Plattsburgh. Lake Placid became known internationally for hosting the 1932 Winter Olympics, 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics, the 1972 Winter Universiade, 1972 and 2023 Winter World University Games as well as the 2000 Goodwill Winter Games. History Lake Placid was founded in the early 19th century to develop an iron ore mining operation. By 1840, the population of "North Elba" (four miles southeast of the present village, near where the road to the Adirondak Loj crosses the Ausable River (New York), Ausable River), was six families. In 1845, the philanthropist Gerrit Smith arrived in North Elba and not only bought a great dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Placid Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton (sport), skeleton in the United States, located at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York. This venue was used for the 1932 Winter Olympics, 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics and for the only winter Goodwill Games in 2000. The track hosted both the first FIBT World Championships and FIL World Luge Championships held outside of Europe, doing so in FIBT World Championships 1949, 1949Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931 and FIL World Luge Championships 1983, 1983.FIL World Luge Championships men's single results since 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinis Rozītis
Reinis Rozitis (born 1 September 1982) is a Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2003. He is a brakeman. His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in the four-man event at Lake Placid in December 2006. Rozītis also finished 21st in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. His best finish at the FIBT World Championships was seventh in the four-man event at St. Moritz in 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur .... ReferencesFIBT profile 1982 births Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Latvian male bobsledders Living people Olympic bobsledders for Latvia {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainārs Podnieks
Ainārs Podnieks (born October 13, 1980) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from 2003 to 2009. World junior champion in four man 2004 His best Bobsleigh World Cup finish was second in the four-man event at Lake Placid in December 2006. Podnieks also finished seventh in the four-man event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss .... ReferencesFIBT profile External links * 1980 births Latvian male bobsledders Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daumants Dreiškens
Daumants Dreiškens (born 28 March 1984) is a Latvian bobsledder, brakeman, who has competed since 2003. He won a gold medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2016 in Igls, Austria, with pilot Oskars Melbārdis, Arvis Vilkaste and Jānis Strenga. It was the first ever World Championships gold medal in bobsled for Latvia. He also won a silver medal in the two-man event at FIBT World Championships 2015 in Winterberg, Germany, and two bronze medals in the four-man events at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York, with pilot Jānis Miņins, Oskars Melbārdis and Intars Dambis, and at the FIBT World Championships 2015. Dreiškens also competed in three Winter Olympics, earning a silver medal in the four-man event at Sochi in 2014. He finished 5th in the two-man event at Sochi in 2014 and 6th in the two-man event at Turin in 2006 . He became the four-man European Champion in 2008 and 2015 and finished 3rd in the four-man event in 2016 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jānis Miņins
Jānis Miņins (born 15 August 1980 in Kuldīga) is a Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York, earning the country its first championship medal ever. In the 2004–05 season his best placing was a sixth place in the 4-man bob in Cortina d'Ampezzo and Winterberg, both times with Juris Latiss, Ainārs Podnieks and Jānis Ozols. For the 2005–06 season he changed his team mates, retaining Ozols but bringing in Mārcis Rullis and Intars Dīcmanis to the four-man bob. However, his team fell to a best place of 10th, and he has had his best placing in the World Cup this season at the World Cup in Igls, with a fourth place together with Daumants Dreiškens. He placed first at the Latvian selection event for the Olympic Games in Sigulda, and has been selected to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics where he finished sixth in the two-man event and tenth in the four-man even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park City, Utah
Park City is a city in Utah, United States. Most of the city is within Summit County, Utah, Summit County, with some portions extending into Wasatch County, Utah, Wasatch County. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Sugar House along Interstate 80 in Utah, Interstate 80. The population was 8,396 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. On average, the tourist population greatly exceeds the number of permanent residents. After a population decline following the shutdown of the area's mining, mining industry, the city rebounded during the 1980s and 1990s through an expansion of its tourism business. According to 2021 data, the city brought in a yearly average of $529.8 million to the Utah economy as a tourist hot spot, $80 million of which was attributed to the Sundance Film Festival. The city has two major ski resorts: Deer Valley, Deer Valley R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utah Olympic Park Bobsleigh/luge/skeleton Track
The Utah Olympic Park Track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in the United States, located in the Utah Olympic Park near Park City, Utah. During the 2002 Winter Olympics in nearby Salt Lake City, the track hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events, and is expected to reprise these roles for the 2034 Winter Olympics. Today the track still serves as a training center for Olympic and development level athletes and hosts numerous local and international competitions. It is one of two national tracks; the other is at Mt. Van Hoevenberg near Lake Placid, New York. History In 1989, Utah's voters passed the Olympic referendum, allowing taxpayer money to be used to construct a winter sports park, which would include the track. The park would be used if Salt Lake City won its bid for either the 1998 or 2002 Winter Olympics and following the games, Olympic funds and revenue would then be used to repay the state. In 1990, the Utah Sports Authority announced their plans to bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bissett (bobsleigh)
David Bissett (born September 26, 1979) is a Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2005. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event at Vancouver in the 2010 Winter Olympics. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Bissett was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, and starred in Canadian football at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He now resides in Okotoks Okotoks ( , originally ) is a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region, Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada. It is on the Sheep River, approximately south of Downtown Calgary. Okotoks has emerged as a bedroom community of Calgary. According to t .... References External links David Bissettat Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton * * * * 1979 births Living people Alberta Golden Bears football players Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
