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FIBT World Championships 2007
The FIBT World Championships 2007 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record twenty-first time, doing so previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), 1997 (Bobsleigh), 1998 (Skeleton), and 2001 (Men's bobsleigh). The mixed team event consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh debuted at these championships. Bobsleigh Two man Four man Two woman Skeleton Men Women Pikus-Pace is the first American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ... woman to win a gold medal in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton at the World Championship level. Mixed team Medal t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
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FIBT World Championships 1987
The FIBT World Championships 1987 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record fifteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, and 1982. The skeleton event that was at the 1982 championships was not included at this one when the championships returned to St. Moritz. Two man bobsleigh Four man bobsleigh Medal table References2-Man bobsleigh World Champions {{Bobsleigh-Skeleton World Championships 1987
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Samuele Romanini
Samuele Romanini (born 22 September 1976) is an Italian bobsledder who has competed since 2001. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Romanini also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of tied for ninth in the four-man event in Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ... in 2010. References Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931* * 1976 births Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Italian male bobsledders Living people Olympic bobsledders for Italy Bobsledders of Fiamme Oro {{Italy-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Bertazzo
Simone Bertazzo (born 19 August 1982) is a retired Italian bobsledder and current bobsled coach who has competed since 2001. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Bertazzo also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of tied for ninth in the four-man event at Vancouver in 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 .... In July 2018, he announced that he would retire from competition after the 2019 World Championships in Whistler, and the following November he was chosen to join fellow German Manuel Machata as the new head coach of the Italian national bobsled team. References * * * External links * * * 1982 births Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Herzog
Tommy Herzog (born 25 March 1977) 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 has competed since 1999. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. ReferencesBobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931 1977 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Streltsov
Aleksandr Streltsov (sometimes listed as Olexandr Streltsov; russian: Александр Александрович Стрельцов; born 7 March 1975) is a Ukraine-born Swiss sprinter turned bobsledder. He competed in the bobsled from 2001 to 2005 for Ukraine and for Switzerland since 2005. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Streltsov finished 34th in the two-man at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ... competing for Ukraine. References External links2002 bobsleigh two-man results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Rüegg
Ivo Rüegg (born 15 April 1971) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed between 1996 and 2010. He won five medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 2009, Four-man: 2007), two silvers Two-man: 2007, Mixed team: 2009), and a bronze (Mixed team: 2007). Rüegg grew up in Tuggen and took part in several different sports in his youth, including skiing, gymnastics, athletics, football and ice hockey. He acted as a forerunner for the prestigious Lauberhorn downhill race in Wengen, and also competed in Europa Cup and FIS Tour alpine skiing events before leaving the sport in the early 1990s due to back problems. In addition he competed in steinstossen (stone-throwing) competitions (winning multiple national individual and team titles) and decathlon during the 1990s, breaking the decathlon points record for the canton of Schwyz in 1994 and 1996 and setting a personal best of 7,071 points. He first tried bobsleigh as a push athlete in 1992, before starting as a driver in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Kuske
Kevin Kuske (born 4 January 1979) is a former German Bobsleigh, bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2018. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he is the most successful Olympic athlete in bobsledding, winning four gold medals and two silver medals. Career Prior to his bobsleigh career, Kuske was a Sprint (running), sprinter athlete, and won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay, 4 x 100 m at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Kuske, along with teammates André Lange, Carsten Embach, Enrico Kühn, won the gold medal in the Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics, four-man event. 2006 Winter Olympics, Four years later in Turin, Kuske paired with Lange to win the gold medal in the Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics, two-man event, while those two, along with teammates René Hoppe and Martin Putze, won gold in the four-man event. Kuske won gold in the two-man and silver in the four-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Lange
André Lange (; born 28 June 1973) is a retired German bobsledder and the most successful bob pilot of all time. Competing at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, he has won four gold and one silver medals. Lange originally started his sledding career as a luger, taking up bobsleigh in 1993. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Lange won the four-man event with teammates Carsten Embach, Enrico Kühn and Kevin Kuske. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Lange also won gold in the four-man event with teammates Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe and Martin Putze, in addition to winning the two-man event with Kuske. He competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics, winning gold in the two-man and silver in the four-man events. Lange also won fourteen medals at the FIBT World Championships with eight golds (Two-man: 2003, 2007, 2008; Four-man: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008), four silvers (Two-man: 2000, 2005; Four-man: 2001, 2009), and two bronzes (Two-man: 2004, Four-man: 2007). At the Bobsleigh World Cup le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBT World Championships 2001
The FIBT World Championships 2001 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Men's bobsleigh) and Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Women's bobsleigh, and men's and women's Skeleton). The Swiss city had hosted the event for the record twentieth time, doing so previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 ( Skeleton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), 1997 (Bobsleigh), and 1998 (Skeleton). Calgary hosted the championship event for the third time, doing so previously in 1992 (Skeleton) and 1996. Bobsleigh Two man Four man Two woman Skeleton Men Women Coomber earned the first medal for Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It i ... at the championships sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBT World Championships 1998
The FIBT World Championships 1998 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record nineteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 ( Skeleton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), and 1997 (Bobsleigh). This championship event was an extraordinary event since skeleton was not included in the program at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a prefecture in Japan ** Nagano (city), the capital city of the same prefecture *** Nagano 1998, the 1998 Winter Olympics *** Nagano Olympic Stadium, a baseball stadium in Nagano *** Nagano Universi ..., Japan. Men's skeleton Medal table ReferencesMen's skeleton World Champions {{Bobsleigh-Skeleton World Championships IBSF World Championships 1998 in skeleton Sport in St. Moritz 1998 in bobsleigh 1998 in Swiss sport Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBT World Championships 1997
The FIBT World Championships 1997 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland (Bobsleigh) and Lake Placid, New York, United States ( Skeleton). St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record eighteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skeleton), and 1990 (Bobsleigh). Meanwhile, Lake Placid hosted a championship event for the seventh time, doing so previously in 1949, 1961, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983. Two man bobsleigh Italy earned its first world championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ... medal since 1971. Four man bobsleigh Men's skeleton Medal table References2-Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
