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2009–10 Skeleton World Cup
The 2009–10 Skeleton World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for skeleton. The season started on 12 November 2009 in Park City, Utah, United States, and ended on 24 January 2010 in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The World Cup was organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in bobsleigh 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 Bobslei .... Calendar (31 May 2009 article accessed 2 June 2009.) Results Men Women Standings Men's Women's References External linksFIBT {{DEFAULTSORT:2009-10 Skeleton World Cup Skeleton World Cup Skeleton World Cup, 2009-10 Skeleton World Cup, 2009-10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martins Dukurs
Martins Dukurs (born 31 March 1984) is a former Latvian skeleton racer, currently a coach, who has competed since 1998. He is a six-time world champion in men's skeleton, a double Olympic silver winner (at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014), and the athlete with the most World Cup titles with a total of 11, having won eight consecutive titles between 2010 and 2017, plus another three consecutive titles between 2020 and 2022. Career Dukurs finished seventh in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and sixth in the men's skeleton event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz. He won the gold medal in the men's event at the 2011 FIBT World Championships, 2012 FIBT World Championships, 2015 FIBT World Championships, 2016 FIBT World Championships and 2017 FIBT World Championships. Martins won the overall World Cup for the 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 season, 2016–17 season and 2019–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königssee Bobsleigh, Luge, And Skeleton Track
The Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue in Germany for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton (sport), skeleton, located in Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria, near Königssee (German for "King's Lake") and the border with Austria. Completed in 1968, it is the first permanent, artificially refrigeration, refrigerated bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track in the world. In July 2021, the track was severely damaged by the 2021 European floods, floods that affected the European continent, and is currently under reconstruction. History In 1967, Königssee hosted the FIL European Luge Championships 1967, European luge championships on a naturally refrigerated track.FIL European Luge Championships men's singles results since 1914 Later that year, it was decided to construct a permanent, reinfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Trott
Marion Thees (born Marion Trott on 5 July 1984 in Eisenach) is a German retired skeleton racer who has competed since 2001. She won two golds at the 2009 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York, earning them in the women's skeleton and mixed team events. In 2009, Thees was second in the European Championships in St. Moritz. She won the Skeleton World Cup in 2008–09. Thees qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ... where she finished eighth. In September 2014 Thees announced via social media that she was retiring from competition and would be embarking on a career as a coach. References * * External links * (2010 Winter Olympics) * (2014 Winter Olympics) 1984 births German female skeleton racers Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Rudman
Shelley Rudman (born 23 March 1981) is a Skeleton (sport), skeleton bobsleigh, bobsleigh athlete who was the 2013 world champion in the event. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics, and is a former World Cup and European champion. Early life and education Rudman was born in Swindon, and later lived in Pewsey, Wiltshire, where she attended Pewsey Vale School. She later attended New College, Swindon. She took up skeleton in October 2002, after a university friend and skeleton athlete introduced her to the sport at the University of Bath push track. At the time, she was working full-time at the ACS International Schools, Cobham, Surrey and was in her third year of a Bachelor of Science degree course at St Mary's College, Twickenham. Early career After unsuccessfully seeking a place on Bath University's skeleton development team, she decided to apply for an ice school in Norway run by the British military to pursue the sport. The following season in 2003 (after havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Gough
Amy Gough (born August 24, 1977, in Williams Lake, British Columbia) is a Canadian skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. Her best result in a Skeleton World Cup event was first at Winterberg, Germany, in December 2011, while her best overall finish in a Skeleton World Cup was fifth in the 2010–11 Skeleton World Cup. Gough's best finish at the FIBT World Championships was fourth in the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event at St. Moritz in 2007. She qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ..., finishing seventh in the women's skeleton event. References External links * * * * 1977 births Canadian female skeleton racers Living people Olympic skeleton racers for Canada Skeleton racers at the 2010 Winter Olympics 21s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Huber
Anja Huber (born 20 May 1983 in Berchtesgaden) is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. She earned two gold medals at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany, winning them in women's skeleton and the mixed bobsleigh-skeleton team event. Huber finished eighth in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit .... Huber won the women's overall Skeleton World Cup in 2010–11 season. References 2006 women's skeleton results* * External links * * * * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Berchtesgaden German female skeleton racers Skeleton racers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Bernotas
Eric Bernotas AKA Dr. Gravity (born August 5, 1971) is an American former skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. He won three medals at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (Men's skeleton: 2007, Mixed team: 2007) and a bronze (Mixed team: 2009). Early life and education Bernotas is from West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Malvern Preparatory School and West Virginia University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and graduated in 1994. Athletic career Bernotas discovered the sport by accident in 2001, after he got lost and ended up at the Lake Placid sledding track whilst driving through the Adirondacks. Bernotas competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the men's skeleton event at Turin in 2006. His best overall seasonal Skeleton World Cup finish was second in the men's event in 2006-7. Bernotas earned a medical waiver to compete in the 2009-10 Skeleton World Cup season following a leg injury suffered during trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michi Halilovic
Michi may refer to: People Given name * Michi (Japanese singer) (born 1996), Japanese J-pop singer * MiChi (born 1985), British singer * Michi Atkins, former WNBA basketball player * Michi Beck (born 1967), DJ and MC of the German hip hop group ''Die Fantastischen Vier'' * Michi Gaigg (born 1957), Austrian violinist and conductor * Michi Go (born 1988), South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion icon * , Japanese football player * Michi Halilović (born 1983), German skeleton racer of Bosnian origin * Michi Hayböck (born 1991), Austrian ski jumper * , Japanese animation artist and character designer * Michi Itami (born 1938), visual artist * , Japanese educator, Christian activist, and proponent * Michi Kobi (1924–2016), American actress * Michi Matsuda (born 1868), Japanese educator * Michi Meko (born 1974), American multidisciplinary artist * Michi Muñoz (born 1981), Mexican-born American professional boxer * , Japanese sprinter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Tretyakov (skeleton Racer)
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Tretyakov (; born 19 April 1985) is a Russian skeleton rider. Tretyakov is Olympic champion (2014), World champion (2013), European champion (2007) as well as two-times winner of the Skeleton World Cup, which he won in 2008–09 and 2018–19. Career Tretyakov is the first Russian who won the World Championships ( 2013 in St. Moritz), the overall Skeleton World Cup ( 2008–09) and an Olympics bronze medal (at the 2010 Winter Olympics). He is the silver medalist of the 2011 World Championships in Königssee and 2015 World Championships in Winterberg, as well as of bronze medalist of the 2009 World Championships in Lake Placid (men's skeleton event) and 2015 World Championships in Winterberg (mixed team). In 2013 in St. Moritz, he became the world champion. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Tretyakov won three out of four runs, established track (55.95) and start (4.47) records, and became the champion ahead of Martins Dukurs, who was universa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Pain
Jeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Pain (born December 14, 1970) is an Americans, American-born Canadians, Canadian former skeleton (sport), skeleton racer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He is regarded as one of the most successful male competitors in the history of the Canadian skeleton program. Pain was born in Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from the University of British Columbia, where he was a member of the school's varsity track and field team. Pain has had a 15-year career with 22 World Cup podium finishes in 74 starts, including ten wins, 3 World Championship medals, and an Olympic silver medal. This included winning the men's List of Skeleton World Cup champions, Skeleton World Cup overall title twice (2004-5, 2005/2006 Skeleton World Cup, 2005-6). He first represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Canada at the 2002 Olympic Winter games, finishing 6th, where Skeleton returned after a 54-year hiatus. Subsequently, Pain went on to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Montgomery
Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery (born May 6, 1979, in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host. He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite hosting ''The Amazing Race Canada'' since 2013, he is best known in Canada for his spontaneous celebration after winning the gold medal in 2010, when he was caught on camera being handed a pitcher of beer by a fan while a crowd surrounding him cheered and sang ''O Canada''. Writing for CBC in 2020, Montgomery stated "If the beer is all I’m ever remembered for, I consider myself the luckiest fella on Earth." Career Montgomery started skeleton racing when he lived in Calgary where he worked as an auctioneer not far from Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. Sometime in 2002 he visited the track with his parents where a skeleton race was being held. He was immediately hooked on the sport and soon started racing competitively. Initially he did not do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Rommel
Frank Rommel (born 30 July 1984 in Suhl) is a German retired skeleton racer who began competing internationally in 2002. He won two medals at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in the mixed team (2009) and a bronze in the men's skeleton event 2008. Rommel also finished 24th in the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing seventh. Rommel retired from the sport after 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 finished 11th. References External links * * * * * * 2006 men's skeleton results (todor66.com) 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Suhl German male skeleton racers Olympic skeleton racers for Germany Skeleton racers at the 2006 Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
