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2021–22 Skeleton World Cup
The 2021–22 Skeleton World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for skeleton. The season started on 19 November 2021 at Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, and finished at St. Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-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 ..., Switzerland on 14 January 2022. Calendar Below is the schedule of the 2021/22 season. Results Men Women Standings Men Women Medal table Points References {{DEFAULTSORT:2021-22 Skeleton World Cup Skeleton World Cup 2021 in skeleton 2022 in skeleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martins Dukurs
Martins Dukurs (born 31 March 1984) is a Latvian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. He is a six-time world champion in men's skeleton, a double Olympic silver winner (at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014), and the athlete with the most World Cup titles with a total of 11, having won eight consecutive titles between 2010 and 2017, plus another three consecutive titles between 2020 and 2022. Career Dukurs finished seventh in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and sixth in the men's skeleton event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. He won the gold medal in the men's event at the 2011 FIBT World Championships, 2012 FIBT World Championships, 2015 FIBT World Championships, 2016 FIBT World Championships and 2017 FIBT World Championships. Martins won the overall World Cup for the 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 season, 2016–17 season and 2019–20 season. At the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomass Dukurs
Tomass Dukurs (born 2 July 1981 in Riga) is a Latvian skeleton racer who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he finished fourth in the men's skeleton event at Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014. Career Dukurs' best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 3rd in the men's skeleton event at Winterberg in 2015. His younger brother Martins is also a skeleton racer. Both he and his brother made the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Olympics. In November 2017 Sochi gold medalist Alexander Tretiakov was disqualified by the IOC and his medal stripped from him, however, a decision on, whether Tomass Dukurs is granted a bronze medal, has not been made by the IBSF. Eventually, IBSF restored the gold medal for Tretiakov. Tomass and Martins are coached by their father, Dainis Dukurs, a former bobsleigh brakeman, manager of the Sigulda Sigulda (; german: Segewold, pl, Zygwold, russian: Сигулда) is a town in the Vidzeme region of Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaclyn Narracott
Jaclyn Narracott (born 5 November 1990) is an Australian skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She began international skeleton competition in 2012 when she joined the Australian national team; in 2011 she competed in bobsleigh for two European Cup races. Narracott has competed on the World Cup, the top level of international skeleton, since 2014; prior to that she competed on the European and North American Cups. She slides on a Bromley sled, and lives and trains in Bath, England, with the British bobsleigh and skeleton athletes. Australian Olympic track and bobsleigh athlete Paul Narracott is her uncle. She is in a relationship with British skeleton slider Dom Parsons. Narracott is the first Australian athlete to earn an Olympic medal in skeleton, after winning the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. This also marked Australia's first medal in any sliding sport at the Winter Olympics. Additionally, Narracott's result lifted Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Lölling
Jacqueline "Jacka" Lölling (also spelled Loelling, born 6 February 1995) is a German skeleton racer who has won numerous races and championships, including the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics skeleton competition in 2012 and the 2017 World Championships. She began competing in skeleton at the age of 12 and was selected to the German national team in 2009. She won her first two international races, as a fifteen-year-old on the Europe Cup circuit, at Cesana Pariol in 2010. Her personal coach is Kathi Wichterle, and she rides an FES sled. When not racing, Lölling works for the German Federal Police. Notable results Lölling raced on the Intercontinental Cup from 2011 to 2012 to 2014–15, ending with a string of three gold medals, as well as winning the Junior World Championships in 2014 at Winterberg and in 2015 at Altenberg. Rather than follow the other ICC sliders on the North American leg of the tour, she dropped back to Europe Cup racing for the remainder of the 2014–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulia Kanakina
Yuliya Artyomovna Kanakina (russian: Юлия Артёмовна Канакина; born 11 December 1995) is a Russian skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She began international competition in 2011, and was promoted to the World Cup squad in the 2014–15 season. Before starting skeleton, Kanakina was a ballet dancer. She was the IBSF Junior World Champion in women's skeleton for 2017 in Sigulda, and finished 26th in the senior IBSF World Championships later that year. In 2018, Kanakina took silver at the Junior World Championships, 0.81 seconds behind Anna Fernstädt Anna Fernstädt (born 23 November 1996 in Prague), also known as Anna Fernstädtová, is a Czech-German Skeleton (sport), skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She started competing in 2011 and was selected to the German .... World Cup results All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirela Rahneva
Mirela "Mimi" Rahneva (born July 26, 1988) is a Canadian skeleton racer. Her family immigrated to Canada in 1997; her father, Stoyan, was a competitive gymnast, and her mother was an elite sprinter. After playing rugby in high school and at the University of Guelph, she began competing in skeleton in 2012 and was selected to the Canadian national team in 2016. She is coached by Quin Sekulich and rides a Bromley sled. She was named one of the three women to represent Canada in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after earning eighth on the World Cup season standings for 2017–18. In January 2022, Rahneva was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. Notable results Rahneva's best finish on the World Cup circuit was at St. Moritz in January 2017, her first season on the World Cup, which she won by a remarkable 1.83 seconds. Prior to entering top-level competition, she won the overall North American Cup for 2015. She finished in eighth place at the IBSF World Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janine Flock
Janine Flock ( born 25 July 1989) is an Austrian skeleton racer. She was a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in .... In February 2015 she became the first Austrian woman to win an overall World Cup skeleton title. She came in second at the 2016 World Championships, and is regarded as the best woman skeleton racer in Austrian history. References External links * 1989 births Living people Austrian female skeleton racers Olympic skeleton racers of Austria Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Hall in Tirol Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian women {{Ske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alina Tararychenkova
Alina is a female given name of European origin. It is particularly common in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. It may be derived from the name Adelina. Alina was one of the top 10 most popular names in Switzerland and one of the top 50 most popular names in Finland, Norway, Germany and Austria in 2020. Notable people A–G * Alina Baraz (born 1993), American singer * Alina Bârgăoanu, Romanian university professor * Alina Bercu (born 1990), Romanian concert pianist * Alina Bucur, Romanian-born mathematician and university professor * Alina Cho, American television correspondent * Alina Cojocaru (born 1981), Romanian ballet dancer * Alina Devecerski (born 1983), Swedish singer * Alina Dikhtiar (born 1988), Ukrainian skater * Alina Alexandra Dumitru (born 1982), Romanian judoka * Alina Eremia (born 1993), Romanian singer * Alina Fernández (born 1956), daughter of Fidel Castro and Natalia Revuelta Clews * Alina Forsman (1845-1899), Finnish sculptor * Alina Frasa (1834-1899), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Hermann
Tina Hermann (born 5 March 1992) is a German skeleton racer and a four-time World champion. She began racing in 2007 and was selected to the national team in 2009. She is coached by Dirk Matschenz (personal) and Jens Müller (national); away from the track, she is a police officer. Notable results Hermann's first competition on the Europe Cup circuit was at Winterberg in the 2008–09 season, where she finished seventh. Hermann won the Junior World Championships in the 2009–10 season at St. Moritz, but did not record a victory on the Europe Cup until 2011–12 at Altenberg. She began racing on the Intercontinental Cup circuit in 2012–13 and had her first ICC gold that season, also in Altenberg. After a second season on the ICC, Hermann was promoted to the World Cup squad for the 2014–15 season, during which she never finished lower than sixth place. Hermann has finished every World Cup season top-three in the overall rankings: third in 2014–15, first in 2015–16, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina Margaglio
Valentina Margaglio (born 15 November 1993) is an Italian skeleton racer. She won a medal for Italy at the IBSF World Championships 2020, the first ever for Italy in the skeleton. Biography She was born to an Italian father and mother from the Ivory Coast. She has competed at a national level in both speed and strength disciplines, including the shot put and the javelin throw. In 2011 she started competing in bobsleigh as a brakeman, participating in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the .... Her skeleton debut for the Italian national team was in January 2016 at the European Cup, coming ninth in the overall standings at the end of the 2019/20 season. Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Margaglio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Meylemans
Kim Meylemans (born 7 March 1996) is a German-born Belgian skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup. After starting out in football, she began competing in skeleton in 2009 and was selected to the German national team in 2013. In the 2014–15 season, she moved to the Belgian national team. She is coached by Fernando Oliva (personal coach) and Martin Rettl (team coach), and rides a Schneider sled. Notable results Meylemans finished in fifth place at the IBSF World Championships 2017 in Königssee, and placed 14th in the 2016 championships at Igls. In the 2017 European championships, Meylemans finished 9th. Her best finish on the 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 ... circuit was 5th place at Whistler in 2017. Personal life Meylemans is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Nikitina
Elena Valeryevna Nikitina (russian: Елена Валерьевна Никитина; born 2 October 1992) is a Russian skeleton racer who joined the national squad in 2009. She rides a Schneider sled, and her coach is Denis Alimov. Before starting skeleton, she was an association football player. Career Nikitina began international competition in the 2010–11 season of the Europe Cup and Intercontinental Cup. She competed in her first Junior World Championships at Igls in 2012, where she finished in 8th place. Her first podium finish was recorded at the following Junior Worlds (also at Igls), which she won by a tenth of a second over Sophia Griebel. Nikitina finished 12th in her first World Cup race, at Königssee in 2013, but went on to win the following week at Igls, 0.27-second ahead of Noelle Pikus-Pace. Later that month, she came in 15th at her first senior World Championships, at St. Moritz. In the Olympic season of 2013–14, Nikitina recorded silver-medal perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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