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Bobsleigh At The 1998 Winter Olympics – Two-man
The Two-man bobsleigh competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano was held on 14 and 15 February, at Spiral In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a point, moving further away as it revolves around the point. It is a subtype of whorled patterns, a broad group that also includes concentric objects. Two-dimensional A two-dimension .... Huber lead Lueders by 0.05 seconds after the first run. Leuders picked up 0.02 seconds in the next two runs. Prior to the start of the fourth run, Lueders turned to Huber and asked "Can you imagine if we tied this thing?" After the fourth run, Tartaglia stated "In the end, it felt like were friends who had accomplished something together." Results References External links *Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (1998). "Bobsleigh: Two-Man". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 159–60. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics - Two- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiral (bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton)
The Spiral is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Iizuna village, located north of Nagano, Japan. Used for the bobsleigh and luge competitions for the 1998 Winter Olympics, it is the first permanent bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in Asia and the first of its type in the world with two or more uphill sections. It is officially referred to as the Nagano Bobsleigh-Luge Park in Japan. History and current status The track was among part of the venues used for the 1998 Winter Olympics that was started in 1990.1998 Winter Olympics official report Volume 2. pp. 184-5, 226-9. Construction on the track started in November 1993 and was completed in March 1996 with |
Guido Acklin
Guido Acklin (born 21 November 1969) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, he won a silver medal in the two-man event with his teammate Reto G̦tschi. Acklin also won two medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1997 and a bronze in 1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 РA Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .... Personal life He is married to Doris. His daughter Lucia Acklin is a heptathlete. References Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964 1969 births Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic bobsledders for Switzerland Swiss male bobsledders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éric Alard
Éric Alard (born 26 August 1967) is a French bobsledder who competed during the 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 1995 FIBT World Championships in Winterberg. He also competed in the two man event at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events .... Alard in March 2007 started a website named Ordisport.fr, a French site devoted to sport coaching. References External linksBobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931 French male bobsledders [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Pyc
Jack (Jacek) Pyc (born July 17, 1972, in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish-born, Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1995 FIBT World Championships in Winterberg along with 16 World Cup medals and 3 Overall World Cup Championships. Pyc also competed in three Winter Olympics, ( 1992 Albertville France, 1994 Lillehammer Norway and 1998 Nagano Japan) earning his best finish of ninth in the four-man at Nagano in 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i .... References1992 bobsleigh four-man results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Lori
Chris Lori (born July 24, 1962) is a Canadian bobsled driver who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the four-man event at Albertville in 1992. Lori won the Bobsleigh Overall World Cup four-man championship in 1989-90. He won nine Crystal Globes for top three finishes in Overall World Cup final standingsworld cup historical results at fibt.com and totaled twenty two World Cup medals and fourteen Canadian Championship titles. He Lori was instrumental in establishing Canada as a world power in the sport of bobsledding. In 1987, Lori cheated death in a horrific crash in Cervinia, Italy, a track now closed due to its high rate of severe injuries, where he broke two ribs, clavicle and nose, suffered severe lacerations requiring skin grafting on his face, shoulder, hands and thigh. The following year, he recovered to qualify for his first Olympic games. In 1990, he and his team returned to Cervinia in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Jakobs
Marco Jakobs (sometimes spelled Marco Jacobs, born 30 May 1974 in Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann and Olaf Hampel. Jakobs also won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz St. 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 the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss .... References Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Unna German male discus throwers German male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in bobsle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Wiese (bobsleigh)
Dirk Wiese is a German bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1997 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Wiese also 11th in the two-man event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. His best finish in the Bobsleigh World Cup The Bobsleigh World Cup is an annual bobsleigh competitions. It has taken place since the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene lan ... championship was second in the four-man event in 1993-4. References1998 bobsleigh two-man results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrett Hines
Garrett Hines (born July 3, 1969) is an American bobsledder who has competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002. Hines also won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 2003 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Prior to his bobsleigh career, Hines also was involved in track and field as a decathlete. Additionally he played American football in high school. He attended Eisenhower High in Blue Island, Illinois for one year before moving to Tennessee, and going to Bartlett High School. Hines then went on to play two sports at Southern Illinois University. He is a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia National Guard. He coached the bobsled team at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Shimer
Brian Shimer (born April 20, 1962) is an American bobsledder who competed from 1985 to 2002. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002. Shimer also won three bronze medals at the FIBT World Championships with one in the two-man event (1997) and two in the four-man event (1993, 1997). He won the 1992–3 Bobsleigh World Cup championships both in the four-man and the combined men's events. Shimer retired after the 2002 Winter Olympics and became head coach of the US men's bobsleigh team. After the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation USA Bobsled/Skeleton (USABS) is the official sports governing body, national governing body (NGB) for Bobsled and Skeleton (sport), Skeleton in the United States. It serves as the United States, American representative for the International Bobsl ... changed its coaching structure in May 2014 Shimer became head coach for both the men's and women's teams. References Bobsl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Hostache
Emmanuel Hostache (sometimes shown as Emanuel Hostache, 18 July 1975 in La Mure, Is̬re Р30 May 2007) was a French bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the four-man event (tied with Great Britain) at Nagano, Nagano, Nagano in 1998 Winter Olympics, 1998. Hostache was born at La Mure, in south-eastern France. At the FIBT World Championships 1999, 1999 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Hostache won a gold in the four-man event and a bronze in the two-man event. Prior to being a bobsledder, Hostache also competed as a track and field athlete in the shot put and discus throw events. Hostache died of Ewing's sarcoma in 2007 after fighting the disease for eight years. References External linksBobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
