Marco Jakobs (sometimes spelled Marco Jacobs, born 30 May 1974 in
Unna,
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...
) 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 are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Fede ...
der who competed in the 1990s. At the
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in th ...
in
Nagano, he won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates
Christoph Langen
Christoph Langen (born 27 March 1962, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005 (as a pilot from 1991). Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won four ...
,
Markus Zimmermann
Markus Zimmermann (born 4 September 1964 in Berchtesgaden) is a German former bobsledder who competed from 1984 to 2004. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two golds (Two-man: 2002, Four-man: 1998), one silver (Two-man: 1 ...
and
Olaf Hampel.
Jakobs also won a gold medal in the two-man event at the
2001 FIBT World Championships in
St. Moritz.
References
Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
1974 births
Living people
People from Unna
Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region)
German male discus throwers
German male bobsledders
Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Olympic bobsledders of Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
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