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2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup
The 2023–24 Bobsleigh World Cup ''(official: BMW IBSF Bobsleigh World Cup)'' was a multi-race series over a season of bobsleigh, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). The season started on 17 November 2023 in Yanqing, China and ended on 23 March 2024 in Lake Placid, United States. The highlight of the season was the World Championships in Winterberg Winterberg (; Westphalian: ''Winnenmerg'') is a town in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany and a major winter sport resort of the Wintersport Arena Sauerland. Geography Winterberg is located in the middle ..., Germany, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings. Map of world cup hosts All 8 locations hosting world cup events in this season (including Winterberg – venue of the World Championships). Schedule Calendar & Standings Two-man Overall leaders Four-man Overall leaders Men's Combined Standings Mono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Friedrich
Francesco Friedrich (born 2 May 1990) is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and his brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal in the two-man competition. Friedrich also won gold outright in the four-man event alongside Margis, Candy Bauer and Martin Grothkopp, making Friedrich the fifth German pilot to win two-man and four-man golds at the same Games, after Andreas Ostler in 1952, Meinhard Nehmer in 1976, Wolfgang Hoppe in 1984 and André Lange in 2006. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Friedrich and Margis again won the gold medal with both sleighs. Friedrich previously competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the doubles and fours and finished in eighth and tenth place, respectively. He is the most successful athlete of the IBSF World Championships winning his first gold medal in the 2011 Königssee The Königssee () is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yanqing, Beijing
Yanqing District (), formerly known as Yanqing County before 2015, is a district of the municipality of Beijing located northwest of the city proper of Beijing, 74km away from the city center. The district consists of 3 subdistricts, 11 towns and 4 townships, and borders the Beijing districts of Huairou to the east and Changping to the south as well as the Hebei counties of Huailai to the west and Chicheng to the north. The district hosted the Expo 2019, and hosted alpine skiing, bobsled, luge and skeleton during the 2022 Winter Olympics. History In the Tang dynasty, Guichuan County, named after the Gui River, was established and belonged to the Gui Prefecture in Hebei, with a defensive military city. Eventually in 1952, it was reassigned to the Zhangjiakou Special Zone zh">:zh:张家口专区">zhin Hebei Province, and in 1958, it was transferred to Beijing. In November 2015, the State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the adjustment of the administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandro Michel
Sandro Michel (born 1 July 1996) is a Swiss Bobsleigh, bobsledder who represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Michel represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics and finished in fourth place in the Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Two-man, two-man event, along with Michael Vogt. In January 2023, he competed at the IBSF European Championships 2023 and won a silver medal in the two-man event, and a bronze medal in the four-man event. A week later he competed at the IBSF World Championships 2023 and won a bronze medal in the IBSF World Championships 2023 – Two-man, two-man event along with Vogt, with a time of 4:22.34. On 4 February 2024, he represented Switzerland at the IBSF European Championships 2024 and won a silver medal in the two-man event, along with Vogt. On 13 February 2024, he was involved in a crash during a training session, when he was thrown off the sled at the finish line, and the sled slid backwards and he was run over by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vogt (bobsledder)
Michael Vogt (born 29 December 1997) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career At the 2023 European Championships he won a silver medal in the two-man event, along with pusher Sandro Michel, and a bronze medal in the four-man event. He was the junior world champion in 2021. In 2023, Swiss newspaper ''Le Temps'' praised his "athletic qualities and technical finesse". Bobsleigh results All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Olympic Games World Championships Personal life Vogt trained as a polymechanic and is from Wangen, Schwyz, Switzerland. As of January 2024, he was dating fellow Swiss bobsleigh pilot Melanie Hasler. References External links * Michael Vogtat the Swiss Olympic Association The Swiss Olympic Association is the National Olympic Committee and the umbrella organisation for organised Swiss sport under private law. It has 104 members (81 national sports federations and 23 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Schüller
Alexander Schüller (born 13 May 1997) is a German bobsledder. He won his first World Championship at the IBSF World Championships 2020. At the IBSF World Championships 2021 and the IBSF World Championships 2024 The 2024 IBSF World Championships were held in Winterberg, Germany from 18 February to 3 March 2024. Schedule Seven events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+1 +01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, ... he won both, the gold medal in the two-man and in the four-man sleigh. Career results World Championships References External links *Alexander Schüllerat the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:Schuller, Alexander 1997 births Living people German male bobsledders Sportspeople from Leipzig Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Germany Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Fleischhauer
Georg Fleischhauer (born 21 October 1988) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles and bobsledder 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 Bobsle .... Bobsleigh results All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). World Championships Achievements Track References External links * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Halberstadt Athletes from Bezirk Magdeburg German male hurdlers 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-hurdles-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Lochner
Johannes Lochner (born 15 October 1990) is a German Bobsleigh, bobsledder who competed at the Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics and the Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics, 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing where he won two silver medals. Bobsleigh results All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). Olympic Games World Championships World cup Two-man Four-man References External links *Johannes Lochner at the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lochner, Johannes German male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Germany Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic silver medalists for Germany 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Berchtesgaden Bobsledders from Upper Bavaria 21st-century Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterberg Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Winterberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton track located in Winterberg, Germany. It is the only track of its kind in the world with a turn that has sponsor (commercial), corporate sponsorship with turn seven being sponsored by Veltins, a Germany, German brewery which has its headquarters located in neighboring Meschede. History Completed in 1977, the track underwent a redesign of its start house area where the women's luge start house was moved from before turn four to near the men's luge start house prior to turn one in 2006. (14 September 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.) This was done under the auspices of the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the International Luge Federation (FIL) and included a completely covered sled storage area, new changing rooms, and facilities for coaches and officials. (23 November 2006 article accessed 20 February 2008.) The women's singles luge start hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh And Skeleton)
The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, no World Championships being held in non-Winter Olympic years. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947. Men's skeleton was introduced as a championship of its own in 1982 while women's bobsleigh and skeleton events were introduced in 2000. Both the women's bobsleigh and skeleton events were merged with the men's bobsleigh events at the 2004 championships. A mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh, was held from 2007 to 2019. In 2020 it was replaced with skeleton mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton. Women's monobob event was included in 2021. Host cities Bobsleigh Numbers in brackets denotes number of victories i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenberg Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue in Germany for bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton. Located in Saxony in eastern Germany, it is northwest of Altenberg, Saxony, Altenberg, near the border with the Czech Republic. History Altenberg raced bobsleigh as early as 1908 on a natural track going downhill. By the late 1970s, the East Germany, East Germans were already successful in luge, and had increasing success in bobsleigh. This included a total of six Winter Olympic medals Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics, in bobsleigh in Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976 and Bobsleigh at the 1980 Winter Olympics, 1980, along with five FIBT World Championships, world bobsleigh championship medals between FIBT World Championships 1977, 1977 and FIBT World Championships 1979, 1979.Bobsleigh t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigulda Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Sigulda Bobsleigh and Luge Track () is located in Sigulda, Latvia, built in 1986. Currently, the track manager is Dainis Dukurs, former bobsleigh brakeman and the father of skeleton racers Martins and Tomass Dukurs. History Sledding took place in Sigulda as early as 1887. Several alpine skiing venues were held near the track following World War II.History of sport in Sigulda in English. – accessed February 21, 2008. By the late 1960s, the city government of Sigulda approved the construction of a new track, designed by the Sports Facilities Scientific and Technical Centre in |
Lillehammer Olympic Bobsleigh And Luge Track
Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municipality include Fåberg, Hunderfossen, Jørstadmoen, Vingnes, and Vingrom. The municipality is the 211th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lillehammer is the 39th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 28,560. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 6.4% over the previous 10-year period. The town of Lillehammer is the largest urban centre in the municipality. It lies in the central part of the municipality and it is surrounded by more rural areas. The town centre is a late nineteenth-century concentration of wooden houses, which enjoys a picturesque location overlooking the northern part of lake Mjøsa and the river Lågen, surrounded by mountains. Lille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
