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FIBT World Championships 2005
The FIBT World Championships 2005 took place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the fourth time, doing so previously in FIBT World Championships 1992, 1992 (Skeleton (sport), Skeleton), FIBT World Championships 1996, 1996, and FIBT World Championships 2001, 2001 (Women's bobsleigh and men's and women's skeleton). Bobsleigh Two man Source: Four man Source: Two woman Source: Skeleton Men Women Medal table References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Martin Putze
Martin Putze (born 14 January 1985 in Apolda, Thuringia) is a German bobsledder who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the four-man event with a gold in 2006 and a silver in 2010. Putze also won four medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (2005, 2008), one silver (2009) and one bronze (2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...). References External linksBobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932–56, and since 1964 1985 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Pain
Jeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Pain (born December 14, 1970) is an American-born Canadian former skeleton racer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He is regarded as one of the most successful male competitors in the history of the Canadian skeleton program. He was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from the University of British Columbia, where he was a member of the school's varsity track and field team. Pain has had a 15-year career with 22 World Cup podium finishes in 74 starts, including ten wins, 3 World Championship medals, and an Olympic silver medal. This included winning the men's Skeleton World Cup overall title twice (2004-5, 2005-6). He first represented Canada at the 2002 Olympic Winter games finishing 6th, where Skeleton returned after a 54-year hiatus. Then Pain went on to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics where he finished with a silver medal behind fellow Canadian Duff Gibson. One distinguishing feature of Pain's skeleton gear is his custom-painted helmet, depicting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Fleming
Valerie Fleming (born December 18, 1976) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2003. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won a silver in the two-woman event with teammate and future wife Shauna Rohbock. Fleming also won three bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships (Two-woman: 2005, 2007; Mixed team: 2009). Born in San Francisco, Fleming lives in Park City, Utah. Career highlights ; Olympic Winter Games : 2006 – Torino, 2nd with Shauna Rohbock ; World Championships: : 2005 – Calgary, 3rd with Shauna Rohbock : 2007 – St. Moritz, 3rd with Shauna Rohbock ; World Cup: : 2004 – Igls, 3rd with Shauna Rohbock : 2005 – Cesana, 2nd with Shauna Rohbock : 2005 – Calgary, 2nd with Shauna Rohbock : 2005 – Lake Placid, 3rd with Shauna Rohbock : 2005 – Igls, 3rd with Shauna Rohbock : 2005 – Cortina d'Ampezzo, 3rd with Shauna Rohbock : 2006 – Calgary, 1st with Shauna Rohbock : 2006 – Park City, 1st with Shauna Rohbock : 2006 – Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shauna Rohbock
Shauna Linn Rohbock (born April 4, 1977) is a retired Olympic medal-winning bobsledder, former professional soccer player, and is a staff sergeant in the Utah Army National Guard.National Guard Soldier Takes Olympic Silver Medal , a February 2006 press release from the After retiring from competitions she worked as a bobsled coach at the . Early life Rohbock was raised in |
Jackie Davies
Jacqueline "Jackie" Gunn (, born 23 May 1977) is a British bobsledder who has competed since 1999. She won a silver medal in the two-woman event at the 2005 FIBT World Championships in Calgary. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Davies earned her best finish of ninth in the two-woman event at Turin in 2006. Now retired from competing in bobsleigh, Gunn is currently completing a 3 year degree in nursing in Belfast. Davies married Peter Gunn in May 2008. References Jackie Daviesat the British Olympic Association The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both ... * * * ''The Sunday Independent (UK)'' 19 February 2006 featuring Davies and Nicole Minichiello 2002 bobsleigh two-women results 1977 births Living people British female bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2002 Wint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Minichiello
Nicola Minichiello (born Nicola Gautier on 21 March 1978) is a retired British bobsledder who competed between 2001 and 2011. She won two medals in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships, winning a silver in 2005 and making history with a gold in 2009 partnering Gillian Cooke, to become the first British female bobsleigh driver to win a World Championships. Competing in three Winter Olympics, Minichiello earned her best finish of ninth in the two-woman event at Turin in 2006. This was also the best ever Olympic result by a GB women’s bobsleigh team. Before taking up bobsleigh, Minichiello had competed (under her maiden name of Gautier) for Sheffield Athletic Club in shot put, javelin and heptathlon. Her lifetime best for the heptathlon was 5784 points, which she achieved in Austria in 2001. While competing in athletics, she met and married Toni Minichiello, coach of World and Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis. Nicola was involved in coaching Ennis during E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Schneiderheinze
Aanya, Anya or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most cultures especially Indian, and unisex in several African and European countries. Origins and variant forms * Aanya or Anya is an Indian name that means inexhaustible, limitless and resurrection. It is of Sanskrit origin. * Aanya or Anya in Hebrew means favoured by God. *Anya (Аня) is a Russian diminutive of Anna. *Ania is the spelling in Polish, which is also a diminutive of Anna. *The spelling Anja is common in Croatian, Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Slovenian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Serbian and Kurdish. *Anya is sometimes used as an anglicisation of the Irish name Áine *Anya is an old Kurdish name. It means "strength" or "power". *Anya is a Hungarian word for "mother". *Anya is a Nigerian Igbo name, and also word for "eye." *Anya (ⴰⵏⵢⴰ) is an Amazigh/Berber name. It means "rhythm" or "melody" in Berber languages. People with the given name Anya * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Kiriasis
Sandra Kiriasis ( Prokoff; born 4 January 1975 in Dresden) is a German former bobsledder who has competed from 2000 to 2014. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City she won silver in the two-woman event together with teammate Ulrike Holzner. She also competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where Kiriasis (married in late 2004) won gold in the two-woman event with teammate Anja Schneiderheinze. She finished fourth in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Kiriasis also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with five golds (Two-woman: 2005, 2007, 2008; Mixed team: 2007, 2008, 2009) and two silvers (Two-woman: 2003, 2004). She won the overall two-woman Bobsleigh World Cup in 2003-4, 2004–5, 2005–6, 2006-7, 2007-8, 2008-9, 2009–10, 2010–11 and won a record 43 World Cup races in total. Kiriasis retired from the sport after the 2014 Winter Olympics. In July 2014 Kiriasis joined basketball team N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Alexander
Morgan Alexander may refer to: * Morgan Alexander (bobsleigh), Canadian bobsledder * Morgan Alexander (racing driver), American professional dirt track racing and stock car racing driver See also * Alexander Morgan (other) {{hndis, Alexander, Morgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Kotyk
Ken Kotyk (born February 7, 1981) from Rama, Saskatchewan is a Canadian bobsledder who has competed since 2003. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005. Kotyk also finished fourth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Ken now resides in Calgary, Alberta Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Canadian Prairies, Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,30 ... with his wife Andrea Kotyk. He now works as a fitness instructor. ReferencesBobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitriy Stepushkin
Dmitry Fyodorovich Stepushkin (russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Стёпушкин; 3 September 1975 – 30 June 2022) was a Russian bobsledder who competed from 2000. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (2005, 2008) and a bronze (2003). Stepushkin also competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the four-man event twice (2006, 2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ... – tie). Stepushkin died on 30 June 2022, at the age of 46. References External links * Dmitry Stepushkin: NBC profile for the 2010 Winter Olympics* 1975 births 2022 deaths Russian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Russia Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2006 Winte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
