Marion Thees (born Marion Trott on 5 July 1984 in
Eisenach
Eisenach () is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, located west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, situat ...
) is a German retired
skeleton racer
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who has competed since 2001. She won two golds at the
2009 FIBT World Championships in
Lake Placid, New York
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The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburg ...
, earning them in the women's skeleton and mixed team events.
In 2009, Thees was second in the European Championships in
St. Moritz. She won the
Skeleton World Cup The Skeleton World Cup season is a yearly competition first organized by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), originally known by the French name ''Fédération Internatio ...
in
2008–09.
Thees qualified for the
2010 Winter Olympics
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gret ...
where she finished eighth.
In September 2014 Thees announced via social media that she was retiring from competition and would be embarking on a career as a coach.
References
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External links
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1984 births
German female skeleton racers
Living people
Olympic skeleton racers of Germany
Skeleton racers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
People from Eisenach
Sportspeople from Thuringia
20th-century German women
21st-century German women
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