Thorsten Margis (born 14 August 1989) 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 ...

.FIBT Profile

Career

Margis competed at the

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for Germany. He teamed with driver

Francesco Friedrich Francesco Friedrich (born 2 May 1990) is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and his brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for t ...

Gregor Bermbach Gregor Bermbach (born 17 February 1981) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He has two World Cup victories in the four-man events during the 2008–09 season. At the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York, Bermba ...

and

Jannis Bäcker Jannis Bäcker (born 1 January 1985) is a German 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 a ...

in the Germany-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing 10th. As of April 2014, his best showing at the

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is 4th, in the

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team event, with his best finish in an Olympic discipline 13th in the 2013 four-man event. Margis made his

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

debut in January 2013. As of April 2014, he has three World Cup podium finishes, with his best result being a pair of silver medals in 2013–14. Margis and

tied with Canada's

Justin Kripps Justin Kripps (born January 6, 1987) is a Canadian bobsledder and an Olympic champion in two-man bobsleigh following his gold medal win at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Kripps won a silver medal in the two-man event at th ...

and

Alexander Kopacz Alexander Kopacz (born 26 January 1990) is a Canadian bobsledder and the reigning Olympic co-champion in the two-man bobsleigh event. He competed in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Kopacz and pilot Justin Kripps tied with the G ...

for the gold medal at the

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Pyeongchang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...

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World Cup Podiums

References

External links

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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 ...

1989 births Living people Olympic bobsledders for Germany People from Bad Honnef Sportspeople from Cologne (region) Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics German male bobsledders Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub