Marion Thees (born Marion Trott on 5 July 1984 in
Eisenach) is a German retired
skeleton racer who has competed since 2001. She won two golds at the
2009 FIBT World Championships
The FIBT World Championships 2009, officially known as the Bauhaus FIBT Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships, February 20 to March 1, 2009, at the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Lake Placid, New York, for the ninth time, doing so prev ...
in
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303.
The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburgh. ...
, earning them in the women's skeleton and mixed team events.
In 2009, Thees was second in the European Championships in
St. Moritz
St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...
. She won the
Skeleton World Cup in
2008–09.
Thees qualified for the
2010 Winter Olympics
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, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
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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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