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2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup
The 2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 27 November 2015 in Altenberg, Germany and ended on 28 February 2016 in Königssee, Germany. The World Cup was organised by the IBSF (formerly the FIBT) who also run World Cups and Championships in skeleton. The season was sponsored by BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th .... Calendar Below is the schedule of the 2015/16 season. Results Two-man Four-man Two-woman Standings Two-men Four-man Two-woman References External links IBSF {{DEFAULTSORT:2015-16 Bobsleigh World Cup Bobsleigh World Cup 2015 in bobsleigh 2016 in bobsleigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Won Yun-jong
Won Yun-jong (born 17 June 1985) is a South Korean Bobsleigh, bobsledder. Won competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea. He teamed with brakeman Seo Young-woo in the South Korea-1 sled in the Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Two-man, two-man event, finishing 18th, and with Seo, Jun Jung-lin and Suk Young-ji in the Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Four-man, four-man, finishing 20th. As of 2017, his best showing at the FIBT World Championships, World Championships is 5th, in the two-man event in FIBT World Championships 2015, 2015. Won made his Bobsleigh World Cup, World Cup debut in December 2010. As of 2017, his best World Cup finish is 1st, in 2015–16 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2015-16 at Whistler, British Columbia, Whistler and Konigssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, Konigssee, Germany. He was the overall champion of the 2015-16 season for the two-man category. Along with teammate Seo, Won placed sixth out of 30 teams in the Bobsleigh at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Hübenbecker
Marko Hübenbecker (also spelled Huebenbecker, born 14 June 1986) is a German bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobs ...der who has competed since 2008. References External links * * * * * 1986 births Living people German male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Germany Sportspeople from Erfurt Bobsledders from Thuringia 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Baumann (bobsleigh)
Alex Baumann (born 9 March 1985) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 2007. His first World Cup victory came on 13 November 2009 in the two-man event at Utah Olympic Park The Utah Olympic Park is a winter sports park built for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and is located in Summit County, Utah, Summit County ( east of Salt Lake City) northwest of Park City, Utah, Park City, Utah, United States. During the 2002 games ... in Park City. At the 2014 Olympics Baumann won a silver medal in doubles, together with Beat Hefti, and finished in eighth place in the four-man event. References External links * * * 1985 births Living people Swiss male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Sportspeople from Appenzell Ausserrhoden 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beat Hefti
Beat Hefti (born 3 February 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he has won a total of four Olympic medals. A gold medal in Sochi ( two-man, 2014), two bronze medals in Torino ( two-man and four-man, 2006) and another bronze medal in Salt Lake City ( two-man, 2002). Hefti has also won four medals at the World Championships with one gold (Four-man: 2007), one silver (Four-man: 1999), and two bronzes (Two-man: 2001, 2005). He won the Bobsleigh World Cup two-man title in 2009 and 2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R .... References Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932–56 and since 1964 * ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070929091333/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intars Dambis
Intars Dambis (born 3 September 1983) is a Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. Career highlights ;World Championships: :2005 - Calgary, 24th at 4-bob with Gūts / Dīcmanis / Rozītis :2007 - St. Moritz, 20th at 2-bob with Mihails Arhipovs :2007 - St. Moritz, 18th at 4-bob with Arhipovs / Dīcmanis / Melbārdis ;World Cup: :2007 - Calgary, 5th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis :2007 - Park City, 4th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis :2007 - Lake Placid, 9th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiškens / Melbārdis :2008 - Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; , ; historical ) sometimes abbreviated to simply Cortina, is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomites, Dolomitic) Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the ..., 7th at 4-bob with Miņins / Dreiške ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uģis Žaļims
Uģis Žaļims (born 19 February 1986 in Saldus) is a Latvian bobsledder, both pilot and brakeman who has competed since 2008. So far his highest achievements include a gold medal at the four-man 2010–11 Bobsleigh World Cup race in St. Moritz as well as tenth place as pilot at the two-man 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup The 2011–12 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 2 December 2011 in Igls, Austria and ended on 11 February 2012 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT wh ... race in Altenberg. ReferencesUģis Žaļims profile at the FIBT homepage 1986 births Living people Latvian male bobsledders People from Saldus {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lascelles Brown
Lascelles Brown (born October 12, 1974 in May Pen) is a Jamaican-born Canadian bobsledder who has competed for three countries since starting his career in 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he is the first Jamaican-born athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal. Brown was a member of the Jamaica national bobsled team from 1999 to 2004, competing at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, as a brakeman for Winston Watt. The Jamaican duo set the track push record during those games. He continued training for bobsleigh at Calgary's Canada Olympic Park, where he met and married his wife Kara, a Canadian. As of 2011, they have three daughters and a son together. He applied for Canadian citizenship on July 28, 2005; it was awarded to him by special exemption just prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics, enabling him to compete for Canada at the games in Turin. Brown is currently acting as the brakeman for Lyndon Rush in both the 2-man and 4-man event. Brown competed at the 2010 W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Spring
Christopher Spring (born 6 March 1984) is an Australian-Canadian 4 x Olympic bobsledder who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he competed for Australia in the two-man event. He switched allegiance to Canada later in 2010, and has since competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Olympics for Canada. Career Spring competed for Australia over three seasons and finished 29th in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid. He later went on to finish 22nd in the two-man event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Since switching to represent Canada in 2010, Spring has won nine world cup medals, including two gold and two crystal globes in both the two-man and four-man events. He has represented Canada three times at the Winter Olympic Games, with a best result of 5th in the two-man competition with brakeman Jesse Lumsden. Spring debuted on the World Cup tour for Canada in 2011, finishing 17th in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksei Pushkarev
Aleksei Sergeyevich Pushkarev (; born 4 November 1986), also known as Aleksey Pushkaryov, is a Russian bobsledder. Career Pushkarev competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics for Russia. He teamed with driver Alexander Kasjanov, Maxim Belugin and Ilvir Huzin as the Russia-2 bobsledding team in the four-man event, finishing fourth, missing out on the bronze medal position by three-hundredths of a second. As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 11th, coming in the four-man event in 2013. Pushkarev 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 name is ... debut in December 2012. As of April 2014, he has two World Cup podium finishes, a pair of bronze medals in 2013-14. On 29 November 2017, he was disqualified for doping. World Cup Podiums Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kasjanov
Alexander Vladimirovich Kasjanov (, born 30 September 1983) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He has competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ..., where he got 4th place in two-man and four-men event. On November 29, 2017, he was disqualified for doping and received a life-time ban from the Olympics. World Cup Podiums References External links * * * 1983 births Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic bobsledders for Russia Russian male bobsledders Sportspeople from Bratsk Russian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in bobsleigh 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Amrhein (bobsleigh)
Thomas Amrhein (born 30 May 1989) is a Swiss bobsledder. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko .... References 1989 births Living people Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Swiss male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland 21st-century Swiss sportsmen Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rico Peter
Rico Peter (born 13 September 1983) is a Swiss bobsledder. Peter competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. He teamed with brakeman Juerg Egger in the Switzerland-2 sled in the two-man event, finishing tenth. As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 6th, in 2013 four-man event. Peter 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 name is ... debut in December 2011. As of April 2014, his best finish is 5th, in 2013-14 at Konigssee. References 1983 births Living people Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Swiss male bobsledders Sportspeople from the canton of Lucerne 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
