Kim Kalicki (born 27 June 1997) is a German

bobsledder 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 ...

who competes for TuS Eintracht Wiesbaden 1846. She also representing the Germany national team since 2015 and won the silver medal in the two-woman bobsleigh event at the Bobsleigh World Championships in

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with Kira Lipperheide and Ann-Christin Strack, respectively.

Career

Former track and field athlete Kim Kalicki switched into bobsleigh at the age of 17. She made her debut in the European Bobsleigh Cup on the track in Winterberg in November, 2015 and took second place behind Sabrina Duljevic with her brakewoman Ann-Christin Strack. At the end of the 2015/16 season, she finished sixth overall in the European Bobsleigh Cup with 438 points. She qualified that season for the 2016 Junior Bobsleigh World Championships, which were held in Winterberg. She competed again together with Ann-Christin Strack and secured the silver medal behind the German team, consisting of

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and

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. In 2016/17 season, Kim Kalicki competed only one race in the European Cup competition in Winterberg on January 26, 2017. In this competition she took fifth place together with her brakewoman Lisa Sophie Gericke. They also competed at the 2017 Junior World Championships on the track in Winterberg, where she took third place behind British Mica Mcneill and compatriot Anna Köhler's team. In 2017/18 season, Kim Kalicki and her brakewoman Lisa Sophie Gericke took consecutive third places in the European Cup competitions in Lillehammer on November 11 and 12, 2017. On January 12, 2018, with her brakewoman Sarah Noll, she was again able to achieve a podium finish in the European Cup on the course in Winterberg, behind

Christin Senkel Christin Senkel (born 31 August 1987) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2008. Her best World Cup finish was third in the two-woman event at Königssee in January 2010. Senkel also finished seventh in the team event at the FIBT World ...

's team. At the end of the season she finished sixth in the overall standings of the European Cup with 410 points. This season she also competed at the Junior Bobsleigh World Championships and took third place with her brakewoman Lena Zelichowski behind the Romanian bobsled by

Andreea Grecu Andreea Grecu (born 10 January 1994) is a Romanian Sprint (running), sprinter and Bobsleigh, bobsledder.Laura Nolte Laura Nolte (born 23 November 1998) is a German bobsleigh pilot, who began competing for the national team in 2015 and won the gold medal in the two-woman bobsleigh event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the youngest in bobsleigh history ...

. In 2018/19 season, she completed her first race of the season on January 10, 2019, in Innsbruck and, won the bobsleigh European Cup for the first time with her brakewoman Kira Lipperheide. The day after, they also won the second competition on the Olympic ice track in Igls. They also competed together at the 2019 World Junior Championships, finishing third place in the normal competition behind Austrian

Katrin Beierl Katrin Beierl (born 16 August 1993) is an Austrian bobsledder 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 competiti ...

and Romanian Andreea Grecu's bobsleigh. Before the 2019/20 season, Kim Kalicki took part in the German championship with Viktoria Dönicke in Oberhof and they secured second place behind Laura Nolte'steam. She made her debut world cup race on December 7, 2019, in Lake Placid with her brakewoman Vanessa Mark and they were able to go straight to the podium finish behind American

Kaillie Humphries Kaillie Humphries (born Kaillie Simundson; September 4, 1985) is a Canadian-American bobsledder. Representing Canada, she was the 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion in the two-woman bobsled and the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist with brakewoman Phylici ...

and the bobsleigh of the German's

Career results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).

World Cup results

Two-woman

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References

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Kim Kalicki
at the ''Bob und Schlittenverband Deutschland'' 1997 births Living people German female bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Germany Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Wiesbaden 21st-century German women {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub