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2022–23 Skeleton World Cup
The 2022–23 Skeleton World Cup was an upcoming multi-race series over a season for skeleton. The season started in Whistler, Canada on 25 November 2022 and finished in Sigulda Sigulda (; german: Segewold, pl, Zygwold, russian: Сигулда) is a town in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, from the capital city Riga. Overview Sigulda is on a picturesque stretch of the primeval Gauja river valley. Because of the reddish Dev ..., Latvia on 17 February 2023. The season sponsor was BMW. Calendar Below is the schedule of the 2022/23 season. Results Men Women Standings Men Women Medal table Points References {{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 Skeleton World Cup Skeleton World Cup 2022 in skeleton 2023 in skeleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Grotheer
Christopher Grotheer (born 30 July 1992) is a German skeleton racer Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or -sleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. The sport and the sled may have been named from the bony appearance of ... who has competed since 2007. His debut at the European Cup was in November 2010. Grotheer's best Skeleton World Cup finish was 3rd in season 2012–13. He won the Gold medal in Men's Skeleton Singles contest at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Germany's first ever in the event. World Cup results All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). References External links * 1992 births German male skeleton racers Living people People from Wernigerode Olympic skeleton racers for Germany Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Jungk
Axel Jungk (born 13 April 1991) Is a German skeleton racer who represents his nation in the Skeleton World Cup. Jungk finished in third place in the standings in the 2014-15 Skeleton World Cup season. During the 2015-16 Skeleton World Cup Season he finished fourth, with a tie with Alexsandr Tretyakov for silver at Winterberg and a bronze at Park City. In the 2016–17 World Cup circuit he once again finished fourth with a bronze at Altenberg. Jungk finished in second place in the standings in the 2017–18 Skeleton World Cup, racking up a total of 1,507 points from a gold at Königssee, a silver at St. Moritz and a bronze at Park City. Jungk finished fourth in the 2018-19 Skeleton World Cup with a silver at Winterberg and a bronze in Igls. He began the 2019-20 Skeleton World Cup season with a win at Lake Placid. Jungk took the silver medal in the Men's Skeleton Singles contest at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yin Zheng (skeleton Racer) , or Yin Zhen
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Kim Ji-soo (skeleton Racer)
Kim Ji-soo (Hangul: 김지수; born 22 July 1994) is a South Korean skeleton racer. 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 .... Competitive Highlights Olympic Games World Championships Skeleton World Cup References External linksKim Ji-sooat the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation 1994 births Living people Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics South Korean male skeleton racers Olympic skeleton racers for South Korea {{SouthKorea-wintersport-bio-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
Kimberley Bos
Kimberley Bos (born 7 October 1993) is a Dutch skeleton racer who competes on the Skeleton World Cup circuit. She started competing internationally in 2009, originally in bobsleigh, and was selected to the Dutch national team in 2010; she switched to skeleton for the 2013–14 European Cup season. Her personal coach is Urta Rozenstruik, and she rides a Bromley sled. Away from the track, Bos is a physiotherapy student, occasionally serving as "unofficial physio" to the other athletes. Bos was the only woman named to represent the Netherlands in skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, where she finished eighth. Bos returned for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she won the bronze medal and became the first Dutch skeleton athlete to win a medal. Notable results Bos's first official result in international competition was a bobsleigh qualification race for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, held the previous November at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck, in w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelly Curtis (skeleton Racer)
The United States competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. On January 24, 2022, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee named a team of 224 athletes. Curler John Shuster and speed skater Brittany Bowe were named U.S. flagbearers for the opening ceremony. Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor was named flagbearer for the closing ceremony. The United States won eight gold and 25 medals overall at the 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing fourth in the medal standings for the third Winter Olympics in a row. Notable successes included Jessie Diggins becoming the first American female skier to win individual cross-country medals, figure skater Nathan Chen breaking the short program world record en route to the Olympic gold medal in the men's singles, Erin Jackson becoming the first black female athlete to win speed skating gold, and Chloe Kim defending her title in the snowboarding women's halfpipe. Veteran snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, who la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Kreher
Susanne Kreher (born 20 December 1998) is a Germans, German Skeleton (sport), skeleton racer who has competed since 2015. Career Susanne Kreher switched from athletics to skeleton in 2015 and competes for BSC Sachsen Oberbärenburg, where she is trained by David Friedrich, the state coach of Saxony. She made her debut in the European Skeleton Cup on November 10, 2016 in Innsbruck on the Olympia Eiskanal Igls, finishing sixth. Her first and so far only victory in the European Cup was on January 12, 2018 on her home track in Altenberg, Saxony, Altenberg. In 2018, she qualified the first time for the Skeleton Junior World Championships, which were held in 2018 at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun, St. Moritz. She secured the bronze medal behind Anna Fernstädt and Yulia Kanakina. In the 2018/19 season, she started to compete in the Intercontinental Cup and made her debut on November 23, 2018 in Winterberg. She finished sixth in her first competition and she was able to win he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Deas
Laura Deas ( ; born 19 August 1988) is a British sportswoman, best known as a skeleton racer on the World Cup circuit, representing the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association. She won bronze at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Early life Born in Wrexham, Wales, Deas attended Howell's School, Denbigh. She played hockey, representing North Wales in competition, and participated in equestrian sports, from Pony Club tetrathlon in which she became team captain and latterly eventing (taking it up professionally from 2006 to 2008), Skeleton Deas was brought into skeleton in 2009 through UK Sport's "Girls4Gold" talent identification programme and was selected to UK national team the following year. She rides a Blackroc sled. Deas won her first Europe Cup race in Winterberg in 2010, in only her fifth international race, after placing third in the two previous races. Deas finished fourth in her only Junior World Championships, in 2011 (her only year of eli ... [...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] |
Brogan Crowley
Brogan or O'Brogan, is a surname originating in Ireland, anglicized from the original Ó Brógáin. The form McBrogan, is also present sharing the meaning of O'Brogan, essentially "son of Brogan." The name can be traced back to ancient King Breogán, and Saint Brogan (Broccán Clóen), Saint Patrick's nephew and scribe, and has many original meanings, including sorrowful, sharp-faced, sturdy and strong. Traditionally, Brogan has also been used as a first name for boys, after the Saint. Notable people with the name *Alan Brogan, an Irish footballer *Benedict Brogan, English journalist *Bernard Brogan (senior), an Irish footballer *Bernard Brogan (junior), an Irish footballer *Bill Brogan, Australian rugby league footballer *Colm Brogan, a Scottish journalist and political pamphleteer *Denis William Brogan (1900–1974), Scottish historian *Frank Brogan, an American politician *Hugh Brogan (1936–2019), British historian *Jack Brogan (1930–2022), American art fabricator *James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
