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Bobsleigh At The 1988 Winter Olympics – Four-man
The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary was held on 27 and 28 February, at Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, Canada Olympic Park. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics - Four-man Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Olympic Park Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton (sport), skeleton track located in Calgary, Alberta. Part of Canada Olympic Park, it hosted the bobsleigh and luge competitions at the 1988 Winter Olympics. This track is one of only two of its type in the world to be featured in a non-documentary film when it was part of the 1993 United States, American film ''Cool Runnings'' which loosely followed the Jamaican Bobsled Team during their competition in Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics, bobsleigh at the 1988 Games (The other was the 1981 Great Britain, British film ''For Your Eyes Only (film), For Your Eyes Only'' which included scenes from the Eugenio Monti track, bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.). History In 1981, Calgary was awarded the 1988 Winter Olympics over Falun, Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo. The track was constructed on a fast-track program running from fall 1984 to spring 1986. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the southwest of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in many sectors: energy; financial services; film and television; transportation and logistics; technology; manufacturing; aerospace; health and wellness; retail; and tourism. The Calgary Metropolitan Region is home to Canada' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingo Appelt
Ingo Appelt (born 11 December 1961 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to early 1992. He was Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's champion in 1987–8, and four-man champion in 1987-8 and 1988–9. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Appelt won the gold medal in the four-man event at Albertville in 1992. He also won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1990 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. Appelt retired from bobsledding at the 1992 games. Appelt became a Member of Tyrolean Parliament for the Freedom Party of Austria, but meanwhile he works again as a jeweller and jewellery designer in Fulpmes Fulpmes is a market town and a municipality in Stubaital, Tyrol, Austria. In 2015 it had a population of 4,250, of whom 14.5% did not have Austrian nationality. Fulpmes is the center of iron production in the area, and lies at the base of the Schl .... ReferencesBobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists for 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Teigl
Kurt Teigl (born 8 August 1961) is an Austrian bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m .... References External links * 1961 births Living people Austrian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Austria Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics People from Neunkirchen District, Austria Sportspeople from Lower Austria 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Mark
Christian Mark (born 24 December 1962 in Innsbruck, Tyrol) is an Austrian bobsledder who won competed during the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1986 FIBT World Championships in Königssee. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Mark earned his best finish of sixth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State .... References 1984 bobsleigh two-man results (todor66.com)* External links * * 1962 births Living people Austrian male bobsledders Austrian male sprinters Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics Bobsledders from Innsbruck Olympic bobsledders for Austria 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Siegl
Franz Siegl (born 4 August 1955 in Innsbruck, Tyrol) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed during the 1980s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1986 FIBT World Championships in Königssee. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Siegl earned his best finish of sixth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State .... References1984 bobsleigh four-man results 1955 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kienast
Peter Kienast (sometimes listed as Pieter Kienast; 30 March 1949 – 12 December 1991) was an Austrian bobsledder who competed during the 1980s. He was born in Ellbögen, Tyrol. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1986 FIBT World Championships in Königssee. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Kienast earned his best finish of sixth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988. In the 1987-88 Bobsleigh World Cup, he tied for overall champion in the four-man event with fellow Austrian Ingo Appelt Ingo Appelt (born 11 December 1961 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to early 1992. He was Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's champion in 1987–8, and four-man champion in 1987-8 and 1988–9. Comp .... References1984 bobsleigh two-man results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juris Jaudzems
Juris Jaudzems (born 23 February 1963) is a Latvian bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ..., representing the Soviet Union. References External links * * 1963 births Living people Latvian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for the Soviet Union Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics People from Jēkabpils {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivars Bērzups
Ivars Bērzups (born 19 January 1963) is a Latvian former bobsledder and businessman. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics, representing the Soviet Union, and at the 1992 Winter Olympics The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile '92''), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and aroun ..., representing Latvia. In the 2009 Latvian municipal elections, he ran in the Babīte County Council elections as a member of Demokrāti.lv, but was not elected. References External links * 1963 births Living people Latvian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Latvia Olympic bobsledders for the Soviet Union Bobsledders at the 1984 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Valmiera {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olafs Kļaviņš
Olafs Kļaviņš (born 7 February 1964) is a Latvian former bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ..., representing the Soviet Union. References 1964 births Living people People from Saldus Latvian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for the Soviet Union Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics {{Latvia-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māris Poikāns
Māris Poikāns (born 11 December 1962, Vidriži) is a Latvian bobsledder who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s for Soviet Union. He won the combined men's Bobsleigh World Cup championship in 1989–90. He also won a bronze medal alongside brakeman Andrei Gorochov in the two-man race at the European Championship in 1990. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Poikans earned his best finish of fifth in the four-man event at Calgary in 1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State .... References1984 bobsleigh four-man results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill White (bobsleigh)
Bill White (born December 6, 1959) is an American bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Bill White ran track and played football at Wasson High School in Colorado Springs. He then attended the University of Northern Colorado where he was on the track team, running sprints, with a 100 meter PR of 10.65. White earned MVP honors in the North Central Conference in track for three years. He was recruited to the US bobsled team because of his speed and athletic ability, leading to good push times. At the time he was a Captain in the US Air Force, stationed at Hanscom Field in Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode .... References External links * 1959 births Living people American male bobsledders Olympic bobsled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
