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2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup
The 2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 27 November 2015 in Altenberg, Germany and ended on 28 February 2016 in Königssee The Königssee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park. Description Situated within the Berchte ..., Germany. The World Cup was organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season was sponsored by BMW. Calendar Below is the schedule of the 2015/16 season. Results Two-man Four-man Two-woman Standings Two-men Four-man Two-woman References External links IBSF {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 Bobsleigh World Cup Bobsleigh World Cup 2015 in bobsleigh 2016 in bobsleigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Won Yun-jong
Won Yun-jong (born 17 June 1985) is a South Korean bobsledder. Won competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea. He teamed with brakeman Seo Young-woo in the South Korea-1 sled in the two-man event, finishing 18th, and with Seo, Jun Jung-lin and Suk Young-ji in the four-man, finishing 20th. As of 2017, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in the two-man event in 2015. Won made his World Cup debut in December 2010. As of 2017, his best World Cup finish is 1st, in 2015-16 at Whistler and Konigssee, Germany. He was the overall champion of the 2015-16 season for the two-man category. Along with teammate Seo, Won placed sixth out of 30 teams in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on February 19, recording an overall time of 3:17.40 in four runs. Although they failed to win a medal, it was the best Olympic result by an Asian bobsleigh team. The following week, on February 25, the South Korean four-man team of pilot Won, Seo, Kim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Hübenbecker
Marko Hübenbecker (also spelled Huebenbecker, born 14 June 1986) is a German bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...der who has competed since 2008. References External links * * * * * 1986 births Living people German male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Germany Sportspeople from Erfurt {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Baumann (bobsleigh)
Alex Baumann (born 9 March 1985) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 2007. His first World Cup victory came on 13 November 2009 in the two-man event at Utah Olympic Park in Park City. At the 2014 Olympics Baumann won a silver medal in doubles, together with Beat Hefti Beat Hefti (born 3 February 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he has won a total of four Olympic medals. A gold medal in Sochi ( two-man, 2014), two bronze medals in Torino ( ..., and finished in eighth place in the four-man event. References External links * 1985 births Living people Swiss male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland People from Appenzell Ausserrhoden 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat Hefti
Beat Hefti (born 3 February 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he has won a total of four Olympic medals. A gold medal in Sochi ( two-man, 2014), two bronze medals in Torino ( two-man and four-man, 2006) and another bronze medal in Salt Lake City ( two-man, 2002). Hefti has also won four medals at the World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 2007), one silver (Four-man: 1999), and two bronzes (Two-man: 2001, 2005). He won the Bobsleigh World Cup two-man title in 2009 and 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat .... References Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930*Website Beat Hefti External links * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intars Dambis
Intars Dambis (born 3 September 1983) is a Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. Career highlights ;World Championships: :2005 - Calgary, 24th at 4-bob with Gūts / Dīcmanis / Rozītis :2007 - St. Moritz, 20th at 2-bob with Mihails Arhipovs :2007 - St. Moritz, 18th at 4-bob with Arhipovs / Dīcmanis / Melbārdis ;World Cup: :2007 - Calgary, 5th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis :2007 - Park City, 4th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis :2007 - Lake Placid, 9th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis :2008 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, 7th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis :2008 - Cesana, 1st at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis ;European Championships: :2008 - Cesana Cesana Torinese (French ''Césanne'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uģis Žaļims
Uģis Žaļims (born February 19, 1986 in Saldus) is a Latvian bobsledder, both pilot and brakeman who has competed since 2008. So far his highest achievements include a gold medal at the four-man 2010–11 Bobsleigh World Cup race in St. Moritz as well as tenth place as pilot at the two-man 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup The 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 2 December 2011 in Igls, Austria and ended on 11 February 2012 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who ... race in Altenberg. ReferencesUģis Žaļims profile at the FIBT homepage 1986 births Living people Latvian male bobsledders People from Saldus {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lascelles Brown
Lascelles Brown (born October 12, 1974 in May Pen) is a Jamaican-born Canadian bobsledder who has competed for three countries since starting his career in 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he is the first Jamaican-born athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal. Brown was a member of the Jamaica national bobsled team from 1999 to 2004, competing at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, as a brakeman for Winston Watt. The Jamaican duo set the track push record during those games. He continued training for bobsleigh at Calgary's Canada Olympic Park, where he met and married his wife Kara, a Canadian. As of 2011, they have three daughters and a son together. He applied for Canadian citizenship on July 28, 2005; it was awarded to him by special exemption just prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics, enabling him to compete for Canada at the games in Turin. Brown is currently acting as the brakeman for Lyndon Rush in both the 2-man and 4-man event. Brown competed at the 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Spring
Christopher Spring (born 6 March 1984) is an Australian-Canadian 4 x Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he competed for Australia in the two-man event. He switched allegiance to Canada later in 2010 and has since competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics for Canada. Career Spring competed for Australia over three seasons and finished 29th in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid. He later went on to finish 22nd in the two-man event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Since switching to represent Canada in 2010, Spring has won 9 world cup medals, including two gold and two crystal globes in both the two-man and four-man events. Spring has represented Canada 3 times at the Winter Olympic Games with a best result of 5th in the two-man competition with brakeman Jesse Lumsden. Spring debuted on the World Cup tour for Canada in 2011, finishing 17th in the two-ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Pushkarev
Aleksei Sergeyevich Pushkarev (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Пушкарёв; born 4 November 1986), also known as Aleksey Pushkaryov, is a Russian bobsledder. Career Pushkarev competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He teamed with driver Alexander Kasjanov, Maxim Belugin and Ilvir Huzin as the Russia-2 bobsledding team in the four-man event, finishing fourth, missing out on the bronze medal position by three-hundredths of a second. As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 11th, coming in the four-man event in 2013. Pushkarev made his 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 concept i ... debut in December 2012. As of April 2014, he has two World Cup podium finishes, a pair of bronze medals in 2013-14. On 29 November 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kasjanov
Alexander Vladimirovich Kasjanov (russian: Александр Владимирович Касьянов, born 30 September 1983) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He has competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ..., where he got 4th place in two-man and four-men event. On November 29, 2017, he was disqualified for doping and received a life-time ban from the Olympics. World Cup Podiums References External links * * * 1983 births Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic bobsledders of Russia Russian male bobsledders People from Bratsk Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in bobsleigh Sportspeople from Irkutsk Oblast {{Russia-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Amrhein (bobsleigh)
Thomas Amrhein (born 30 May 1989) is a Swiss bobsledder. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte .... References 1989 births Living people Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Swiss male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland 21st-century Swiss people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rico Peter
Rico Peter (born 13 September 1983) is a Swiss bobsledder. Peter competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. He teamed with brakeman Juerg Egger in the Switzerland-2 sled in the two-man event, finishing tenth. As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 6th, in 2013 four-man event. Peter made his 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 concept i ... debut in December 2011. As of April 2014, his best finish is 5th, in 2013-14 at Konigssee. References 1983 births Living people Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Swiss male bobsledders Sportspeople from the canton of Lucerne {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
