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Bobsleigh At The 2018 Winter Olympics – Two-man
The two-man bobsleigh competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 18 and 19 February at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz of Canada and Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis of Germany shared gold after the two teams recorded exactly the same time after four runs. Oskars Melbārdis and Jānis Strenga of Latvia won the bronze medal. Qualification The top three countries in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh season (including the 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 ..., Europe races and Americas Cup) were awarded the maximum three sleds. The next six countries were awarded two sleds each. The remaining nine sleds were awarded to nine different countries, with South Korea being awarded a slot as host na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpensia Sliding Centre
The Olympic Sliding Centre () is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton track that is located in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Daegwallyeong, Pyeongchang County, Pyeongchang, South Korea. The centre is located between the Alpensia and Yongpyong Resort. The venue is one of only two operating sliding facilities in Asia, along with the Spiral (bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton), Spiral in Japan. It was renamed from Alpensia Sliding Centre to Olympic Sliding Centre in June 2017. Championships hosted * 2016–2017 2016–17 Luge World Cup, Luge, 2016–17 Skeleton World Cup, Skeleton, and 2016–17 Bobsleigh World Cup, Bobsleigh World Cups * 2018 2018 Winter Olympics, Olympic Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Luge, Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Skeleton, and Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics, Bobsleigh Track technical details Construction The venue was built by Daelim under the responsibility of the Gangwon-do (South Korea), Gangwon Province. The construction cost (ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Walther
Nico Walther (born 7 June 1990) is a German bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at 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 ... winning a silver medal. References External links * * 1990 births Living people German male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Germany Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Freital Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-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] |
Matīss Miknis
Matīss Miknis (born 29 December 1992) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed for Latvia at the 2018 Winter Olympics. References External links * * 1992 births Latvian male bobsledders Living people Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Latvia Sportspeople from Valmiera 21st-century Latvian sportsmen {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskars Ķibermanis
Oskars Ķibermanis (born 4 April 1993) is a former Latvian bobsledder. He competed at the FIBT World Championships 2013 in St. Moritz, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Sochi ( rus, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi (river), Sochi River, along the Black Sea in the North Caucasus of Souther ..., in two-man and four-man bobsleigh. He retired from the sport in 2023 after failing to successfully recover from a knee injury. References External links * * 1993 births Living people Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Latvian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Latvia Sportspeople from Valmiera Bobsledders at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Sammer
Markus Sammer (born 20 May 1988) is an Austrian bobsledder. Career Sammer competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Austria. He teamed with driver Benjamin Maier in the two-man event, finishing 22nd, and with Maier, Stefan Withalm, Angel Somov and Sebastian Heufler in the four-man event, finishing 21st. As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 22nd, in the 2013 four-man event. Sammer 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 November 2012. As of April 2014, his best finish is 8th in a four-man event in 2013–14 at Altenberg. He also competed for Austria at the 2022 Winter Olympics. References External links * * archive * 1988 births Living people Olympic bobsledders for Austria Sportspeople from K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Maier
Benjamin Maier (born 19 April 1994) is an Austrian bobsledder. Career Maier competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Austria. He teamed with brakeman Markus Sammer in the two-man event, finishing 22nd, and with Sammer, Stefan Withalm, Angel Somov and Sebastian Heufler in the four-man event, finishing 21st. As of February 2016, his best showing at the World Championships is a bronze medal in the 2013 team event. His best finish in an Olympic event is 5th in the 2016 four-man event. Maier made his World Cup debut in January 2014. As of February 2016, his best finish is 2nd two times, in 2015–16 at St. Moritz and Schönau am Königssee. He also competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics. Personal life Maier married Canadian skeleton athlete Elisabeth Vathje Elisabeth Vathje (born March 17, 1994, in Calgary, Alberta) is a retired Canadian skeleton (sport), skeleton racer. In 2008, she was encouraged to try sliding sports by her father, who had shar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse Lumsden
Jesse Lumsden (born August 3, 1982) is a Canadian Olympic and world champion bobsledder and a retired Canadian football player, who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders. Career Football Lumsden is the son of former CFL fullback Neil Lumsden. Jesse attended Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario and Nelson High School in Burlington, Ontario (where he led them to the Metro Bowl Title), and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Lumsden had a standout career at McMaster where he won the Hec Crighton Trophy in 2004 and was invited to the East-West Shrine Game. Lumsden was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks in 2005, but was released shortly thereafter. Following his release, he had a short tenure with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. In January 2006, he was signed to play for the Washington Redskins and was later released only to play with the Tiger-Cats once again. In 2009, Lumsden signed with the Edmonton Eskimos, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Poloniato
Nick Poloniato (born July 20, 1987) is a University football player and bobsledder. A graduate of Bishop's University where he was a member of the Bishop's Gaiters football team. He competed at several 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 ... and international competitions, finishing 5th in the Two-man event at the 2017 FIBT World Championships. Nick went on to compete at the 2018 Olympics for Canada. He finished his career after the 2019 World Cup Season. References External links * *http://nickpoloniato.com/ *http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/4061/bio/ 1987 births Canadian male bobsledders Living people Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Canada 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seo Young-woo
Seo Young-woo (, born 27 October 1991) is a South Korean bobsledder who competes as the brakeman for the two-man bobsled piloted by Won Yun-jong as well as a push crewman for the four-man bobsled also piloted by Won Yun-jong. Career Seo previously competed in track & field as a high school athlete. As a freshman at Sungkyul University, he was selected for the South Korean national bobsleigh team in early 2010 and made his first international appearance at the North American Cup in Park City in November 2010. Seo competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for South Korea. He teamed with pilot Won Yun-jong in the South Korea-1 sled in the two-man event, finishing 18th, and with Won, Jun Jung-lin and Suk Young-jin in the four-man, finishing 20th. His best showing at the IBSF World Championships is fifth, in the two-man event in 2015. Seo made his World Cup debut in December 2010, as a brakeman for mediocre driver Kang Kwang-bae. After a couple of rocky seasons with different pilo ... [...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] |
