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FIBT World Championships 1996
The FIBT World Championships 1996 took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for a second time, hosting the event previously in 1992 (Skeleton). It marked the first time the bobsleigh and skeleton competition took place in the same location at the championships since 1982. Two man bobsleigh Four man bobsleigh Men's skeleton Medal table References2-Man bobsleigh World Champions {{Bobsleigh-Skeleton World Championships 1996
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Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Rühr
Sven Rühr is a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 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, championships of non-Winter Olympi ... with two golds ( 1996, 1997) and one silver ( 2000). References Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 German male bobsledders Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IBSF World Championships
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IBSF World Championship may refer to: *IBSF World Snooker Championship *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, championships of non-Winter Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Auer
Christian Auer (born 4 April 1966) is an Austrian skeleton racer who competed from the late 1980s to the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won five medals in the men's event at the FIBT World Championships with one gold (1991), two silvers (1989, 1995), and two bronzes (1992, 1996). Auer also finished 12th in the men's skeleton at Salt Lake City in 2002. He won the overall men's Skeleton World Cup title five times (1989–90, 1990-1, 1991-2, 1993-4, 1994-5). Auer became a skeleton coach for the Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ... national team after the 2002 games. References2002 men's skeleton results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Plangger
Franz Plangger (born 2 October 1966) is an Austrian luger and skeleton racer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. As a skeleton athlete, he won four medals in the men's event at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (1993, 1996), and two bronzes (1989, 1994). Plangger won the men's Skeleton World Cup title in 1992–3. He also won six World Cup victories in luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ... between 1993 and 1995. ReferencesList of men's skeleton World Cup champions since 1987. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Davenport
Ryan Davenport is a Canadian skeleton racer who competed from 1993 to 1999. He won three medals in the men's skeleton event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (1996, 1997) and one bronze (1995). A native of Calgary, Alberta, Davenport makes his own sleds that are in use by other for the Skeleton World Cup from the FIBT (International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation) from his home in De Winton, Alberta. He is the cousin of Mellisa Hollingsworth, a skeleton racer also from Canada. Davenport won the men's Skeleton World Cup overall title in 1995–96. He started coaching the U.S. Olympic Skeleton team in 1999, during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City three members of his team achieved medals: Jim Shea, gold; Tristan Gale, gold and Lea Ann Parsley Lea Ann Parsley (born June 12, 1968) is a retired American skeleton racer from Granville, Ohio. She was the first female skeleton athlete to win a world cup medal for the United States and earned a silve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carsten Embach
Carsten Embach (born 12 October 1968 in Stralsund) is a German bobsledder who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in 2002 and a bronze in 1994. Biography Embach also won six medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with four golds (1995, 1997, 2000, 2003), one silver ( 2001), and one bronze ( 1996). Before turning to bobsleigh Embach competed in the long jump. He finished fifth at the 1990 European Indoor Championships with a jump of 7.83 metres. His personal best jump was 8.01 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o .... He represented the club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam. References External links * * * { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven Peter
Sven Peter is a German bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships and European championships, with a gold and silver in 2001 and a bronze in 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 .... References German male bobsledders Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorsten Voss
Torsten Voss (sometimes listed as Thorsten Voss; ; born 24 March 1963 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is an East German-German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. His biggest success was when he won the world title in the decathlon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome as a representative for East Germany. He achieved a personal best score of 8680 points and was chosen as the East German sportsman of the year. In 1988 in the Seoul Summer Olympic Games he won the silver medal behind fellow East German, Christian Schenk. His personal best of 8680 points ranks him fifth among German decathletes, behind Jürgen Hingsen, Uwe Freimuth, Siegfried Wentz and Frank Busemann. In 1994 Voss switched to bobsleigh and was a pusher for Harald Czudaj and Wolfgang Hoppe. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with one silver (1997 with Dirk Wiese) and two bronzes (1995 with Czudaj, 1996 with Hoppe) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Hoppe
Wolfgang Hoppe (; born 14 November 1957, Apolda, Thuringia) is a former East German decathlete, bob pilot and 36-time international medal winner who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won six medals with two golds (Two-man: 1984, Four-man: 1984), three silvers (Two-man: 1988, Four-man: 1988, 1992), and one bronze (1994). At the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Hoppe carried the flag of Germany, who was competing as a unified nation in the Winter Olympics for the first time since the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Hoppe also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with six golds (Two-man: 1985, 1986, 1989; Four-man: 1991, 1995, 1997), one silver (Four-man: 1987), and seven bronzes (Two-man: 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993; Four-man: 1989, 1996). He also won the Bobsleigh World Cup championship in combined men's (1991–92), two-man (1990–91), and four-man (1991–92, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Tanner
Roland Tanner is a Swiss 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 competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1996 FIBT World Championships in Calgary. ReferencesBobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 Living people Swiss male bobsledders Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Schreiber (bobsledder)
Thomas Schreiber is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1996 FIBT World Championships in Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin .... ReferencesBobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 Living people Swiss male bobsledders Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
