Lisa-Marie Buckwitz (born 2 December 1994) 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 ...

. She won a gold medal in the two-woman event at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

, and also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Buckwitz started off as a

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. Buckwitz took up bobsleigh in 2013, and trains at the club. She won two junior championships. In 2015, Buckwitz and

Cathleen Martini Cathleen Martini (born 27 May 1982) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2000. She won four medals in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers ( 2007, 2008) and two bronzes ( 2003, 2009). In the Bobsleigh W ...

won the two-woman

Bobsleigh World Cup The Bobsleigh World Cup is an annual bobsleigh competitions. It has taken place since the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske ...

event in

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. In 2016, Buckwitz and Stephanie Schneider won a bronze medal in the two-woman at the

Bobsleigh European Championship The European Bobsleigh and Skeleton Championships is the main bobsleigh and skeleton championships in Europe. Bobsleigh Two-man Medal table Four-man Medal table Two-woman Medal table Women's Monobob Medal table Skeleton ...

, and came fourth in the two-woman event at the

IBSF World Championships 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 Sk ...

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, Austria. In 2017, Buckwitz,

Christopher Grotheer Christopher Grotheer (born 30 July 1992) is a German skeleton racer Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or -sleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. ...

, Stephanie Schneider,

Tina Hermann Tina Hermann (born 5 March 1992) is a German skeleton racer and a four-time World champion. She began racing in 2007 and was selected to the national team in 2009. She is coached by Dirk Matschenz (personal) and Jens Müller (national); away fro ...

Nico Walther Nico Walther (born 7 June 1990) is a German bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening ...

and Philipp Wobeto won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the

in Königssee. They finished behind another German team. At the beginning of the 2017-18 season, German bobsleigh coach René Spies paired Buckwitz with

Mariama Jamanka Mariama Jamanka (born 23 August 1990) is a retired German Bobsleigh, bobsledder who won Gold in the Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Two-woman, two-woman event with Lisa Buckwitz at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Career A former discus throw ...

. The pair were nicknamed the "Berlin Bob", as Buckwitz and Jamanka are both from Berlin. Buckwitz and Jamanka won a silver medal at the 2018 Bobsleigh European Championships. At the

, Buckwitz and Jamanka competed in the two-woman event and won the gold medal. The win was unexpected, as the other German bobsleigh, containing Stephanie Schneider and

Annika Drazek Annika Drazek (born 11 April 1995) is a German bobsledder and former track and field athlete. She was a sprinter, competed at two IAAF World Youth Championships The IAAF U18 Championships in Athletics (until 2015 known as IAAF World Youth Champ ...

, was the favourite to win. German teams won all three of the bobsleigh events at the Games, and Buckwitz was the first person from Schöneiche to win an Olympic gold medal. As a result of her Olympic win, Buckwitz was awarded the

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and ...

(Silver Laurel Leaf), and was voted

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's Sportswoman of the Year. Buckwitz and Jamanka won the opening race of the 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup in

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, Latvia. Buckwitz has also competed in

monobob 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 ...

events. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Buckwitz and Kim Kalicki came fourth in the two-woman event.

Personal life

Buckwitz is from Schöneiche, Berlin, Germany. Aside from her bobsleigh career, she has worked as a state police officer. In February 2022, Buckwitz was represented in the Olympic edition of the German ''

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'' magazine with a photo series. She was also featured on half of the covers, with Austrian skeleton racer

Janine Flock Janine Flock ( born 25 July 1989) is an Austrian skeleton racer. She was a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated ...

the other half of the covers.

World Cup results

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

Two-woman

Monobob

References

External links

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Lisa Buckwitz
at the

German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (german: Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland e.V., BSD) is the official federation for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in Germany. It is the German representative both to the International Bobslei ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckwitz, Lisa 1994 births Living people German female bobsledders Olympic bobsledders of Germany Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Berlin Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in bobsleigh German police officers 21st-century German women