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Bobsleigh At The 2014 Winter Olympics – Two-woman
The two-woman bobsleigh competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia was held at the Sliding Center Sanki near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on 18–19 February. Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse of Canada repeated as Olympic Champions, becoming the first duo to do so. Records While the IOC does not consider bobsled times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track at which it competes. Results Top finish in each run is in boldface. TR – track record. On 24 November 2017, the Russian pair were disqualified after Olga Stulneva was sanctioned for a doping violation. After a CAS decision on 1 February 2018, the sanctions were annulled and their result was reinstated. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bobsleigh At The 2014 Winter Olympics - Two-woman Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics Women's bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics Women's events at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bob Bob, BOB, or B.O.B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaillie Humphries
Kaillie Humphries ( Simundson; September 4, 1985) is a Canadian-American bobsledder. Representing Canada, she was the 2010 and 2014 Olympic champion in the two-woman bobsled and the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist with brakewoman Phylicia George. With her victory in 2014, she became the first female bobsledder to defend her Olympic title and was named flagbearer for the Olympic closing ceremony with brakewoman Heather Moyse. Humphries was one of the first women to pilot a mixed-gender team in a four-person bobsled competition. She was also the first woman to drive an all-female team against men in a four-person World Cup bobsled race. In 2019, Humphries switched to representing the United States because of alleged abuse and harassment that she claims she faced from the Canadian bobsled federation. She won three IBSF World Championship medals for Team USA in the 2020 and 2021 seasons, making her a five-time world champion and the most decorated woman in bobsled history. She als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBT
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) is the international sports federation for the sliding sports of Bobsleigh and Skeleton. It was founded on 23 November 1923 by the delegates of Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States at the meeting of their first International Congress in Paris, France. In June 2015, it announced a name change from FIBT to IBSF. The federation's headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IBSF works closely with the IOC to conduct Winter Olympics every four years. Along with the Winter Olympics, the IBSF hosts World Championships the other three years. The races are hosted on tracks in North America, Europe, and Asia. The tracks are shared with the sport of Luge, although that is managed under a different governing body, the International Luge Federation. History of Bobsleigh The world's first bobsleigh club was founded in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1897. By 1904, competitions were taking place on natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Schneiderheinze
Anya, Ania or Anja is a given name. The names are feminine in most East European countries and unisex in several African countries. Origins and variant forms * Anya (Аня) is a Russian diminutive of Anna. * Ania is the spelling in Polish, which is also a diminutive of Anna. * The spelling Anja is common in Croatian, Norwegian, Danish, German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Slovenian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Serbian. * Anya is sometimes used as an anglicisation of the Irish name Áine * Anya is an old Kurdish name. It means "strength" or "power". * Anya is a Hungarian word for "mother". * Anya is a Nigerian Igbo name, and also a word for "eye." * Anya is a variant of the Sanskrit name Aanya, meaning "inexhaustible" People with the given name Anya * Anya Ayoung-Chee (born 1981), former Miss Trinidad and Tobago and winner of season 9 of ''Project Runway'' * Anya Chalotra, British actress * Anya Corke (born 1990), grandmaster and the top female chess pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liudmila Udobkina
Liudmila Udobkina (born , in Oryol, Soviet Union) is a Russian bobsledder.FIBT Profile Career Udobkina competed at the for Russia. She teamed with driver Olga Stulneva as the Russia-1 sled in the two-woman event, finishing 9th. As of April 2014, her best showing at the |
Tanja Mayer
Tanja Mayer (born 2 July 1993) is a Swiss athlete and bobsledder. She competed in heptathlon at the junior level and started competing in bobsleigh in 2013. Bobsleigh On 26 January 2014, Tanja Mayer, along with Swiss pilot Fabienne Meyer, won the two-women World Cup race in Königsee, Germany. The race also doubled as the European Championship, earning them a gold medal. She is competing as a brakewoman at the 2014 Winter Olympics. European Championships *2014 European Championships – Königssee, with Fabienne Meyer Athletics Tanja competed in heptathlon at the junior level. In 2009, she took part in the World Youth Championships where she finished in 7th place. In 2011, she finished in 9th place at the European Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabienne Meyer
Fabienne Meyer (born 28 November 1981) is a Swiss former bobsledder who has been competing since 2005. She scored her first World Cup win in a two-woman event at Königssee, Germany, in January 2014. The race also doubled as the women's Bobsleigh European Championship, earning Meyer a gold medal alongside brakewoman Tanja Mayer. Meyer had previously won a bronze medal at the European Championship in 2012. Meyer won the World Junior Championships in Bobsleigh in February 2008. Meyer's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was 6th in the two-woman event at Lake Placid, New York, in 2012. She competed with Hanne Schenk in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver where they finished in tenth place. She also participated in the 2014 Winter Olympics. Meyer retired from competition after the 2013-14 season. European Championships *2014 European Championships – Königssee, with Tanja Mayer *2012 European Championships A European Championship is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christin Senkel
Christin Senkel (born 31 August 1987) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2008. Her best World Cup finish was third in the two-woman event at Königssee in January 2010. Senkel also finished seventh in the team event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. Senkel was originally part of Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel's team, but after her good performances, she temporarily switched to Claudia Schramm's World Cup team. After achieving the fastest times in a pre-Olympic test in early January 2010, national coach Wolfgang Hoppe assigned her to the German number one, Sandra Kiriasis, for the Olympic Games. Within a relatively short period of time, Senkel was successively the pusher for all five outstanding German bobsleigh pilots at the time. She and Sandra Kiriasis finished fourth in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Senkel and Cathleen Martini finished seventh at the 2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathleen Martini
Cathleen Martini (born 27 May 1982) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2000. She won four medals in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (2007, 2008) and two bronzes (2003, 2009). In the Bobsleigh World Cup, Martini has finished second four times in the overall two-woman standings (2004–5, 2007-8, 2008–09, 2010–11). She was also European champion in 2004 and 2005, and has so far won 7 World Cup competitions. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Martini was disqualified when she crashed out at the final run of the two-woman event that ejected her brakewoman Romy Logsch. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she and Christin Senkel Christin Senkel (born 31 August 1987) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2008. Her best World Cup finish was third in the two-woman event at Königssee in January 2010. Senkel also finished seventh in the team event at the FIBT World ... finished seventh. References * * * * Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Mariën
Hanna Emilie Mariën (born 16 May 1982) is a Belgian retired athlete and bobsledder. As a sprinter, Mariën specialized in the 200 metres and won gold in the relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Mariën later became a bobsleigher, competing for Belgium at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Athletics Mariën reached the semi-final at the 2006 European Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. At the 2007 World Championships she won a bronze medal in the relay, together with teammates Olivia Borlée, Élodie Ouédraogo and Kim Gevaert. With 42.75 seconds the team set a new Belgian record. At the 2008 Summer Olympics Mariën competed in the relay, together with Gevaert, Borlée and Ouédraogo. In their first round heat they placed first in front of Great Britain, Brazil and Nigeria. Their time of 42.92 seconds was the third time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to a time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfje Willemsen
Elfje Willemsen (born 11 January 1985 in Turnhout) is a Belgian bobsledder who has competed since 2007. Bobsledding career Willemsen finished 18th in the two-woman event at the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York. She qualified with the national bobsleigh team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Together with Eva Willemarck she reached 14th place in the Two-woman bob competition. In 2014, she participated at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where she and Hanna Mariën ended sixth in the two woman bob. Other athletics Before her career as bobsledder, Willemsen competed as a javelin A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon. Today, the javelin is predominantly used for sporting purposes such as the javelin throw. The javelin is nearly always thrown by hand, unlike the sling ... thrower. References External links * * * * * 1985 births Living people Belgian female javelin throwers Belgian female bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franziska Fritz
Franziska Fritz (born 3 January 1991 in Hildburghausen Hildburghausen () is a town in Thuringia in central Germany, capital of the Hildburghausen district. Geography It is situated in the Franconian part of Thuringia south of the Thuringian Forest, in the valley of the Werra River. The town centre ...) is a German bobsleigh, bobsledder. Fritz competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Germany. She teamed with driver Sandra Kiriasis as the Germany-1 sled in the Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Two-woman, two-woman event, finishing 5th. As of April 2014, her best showing at the FIBT World Championships, World Championships is 7th, in FIBT World Championships 2013, 2013. Fritz made her Bobsleigh World Cup, World Cup debut in December 2013. As of April 2014, she has one World Cup victory, coming at Winterberg in 2013–14 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2013-14. World Cup Podiums References External links * * * 1991 births Living people German female bobsledders O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Kiriasis
Sandra Kiriasis ( Prokoff; born 4 January 1975 in Dresden) is a German former bobsledder who has competed from 2000 to 2014. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City she won silver in the two-woman event together with teammate Ulrike Holzner. She also competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where Kiriasis (married in late 2004) won gold in the two-woman event with teammate Anja Schneiderheinze. She finished fourth in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Kiriasis also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with five golds (Two-woman: FIBT World Championships 2005, 2005, FIBT World Championships 2007, 2007, FIBT World Championships 2008, 2008; Mixed team: 2007, 2008, FIBT World Championships 2009, 2009) and two silvers (Two-woman: FIBT World Championships 2003, 2003, FIBT World Championships 2004, 2004). She won the overall two-woman List of Bobsleigh World Cup champions, Bobsleigh World Cup in 2003-4, 2004–5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
