Francesco Friedrich
Francesco Friedrich (born 2 May 1990) is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and his brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal in the two-man competition. Friedrich also won gold outright in the four-man event alongside Margis, Candy Bauer and Martin Grothkopp, making Friedrich the fifth German pilot to win two-man and four-man golds at the same Games, after Andreas Ostler in 1952, Meinhard Nehmer in 1976, Wolfgang Hoppe in 1984 and André Lange in 2006. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Friedrich and Margis again won the gold medal with both sleighs. Friedrich previously competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the doubles and fours and finished in eighth and tenth place, respectively. He is the most successful athlete of the IBSF World Championships winning his first gold medal in the 2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pirna
Pirna (; hsb, Pěrno; ) is a town in Saxony, Germany and capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 37,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a ''Große Kreisstadt''. Geography Geographical location Pirna is located in the vicinity of the Sandstone Mountains in the upper Elbe valley, where two nearby tributaries, Wesenitz from the north and Gottleuba from the south, flow into the Elbe. It is also called the "gate to the Saxon Switzerland" ( Ger: ''Tor zur Sächsischen Schweiz''). The Saxon wine region ( Ger: ''Sächsische Weinstraße''), which was established in 1992, stretches from Pirna via Pillnitz, Dresden, and Meissen to Diesbar-Seußlitz. Neighboring municipalities Pirna is located southeast of Dresden. Neighboring municipalities are Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel (town), Bahretal, Dohma, Dohna (town), Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach, Heidenau (town), Kö ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBT World Championships 2015 – Mixed Team
The mixed team event of the FIBT World Championships 2015 was held on 1 March 2015. First introduced at the 2007 championships, the mixed team event consists of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Fe ..., and 2-women bobsleigh. Results The race was started at 13:00. References {{DEFAULTSORT:FIBT World Championships 2015 - Mixed team Mixed team ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2021 – Two-man
The Two-man competition at the IBSF World Championships 2021 was held on 6 and 7 February 2021. Results The first two runs were started on 6 February at 10:00 and the last two runs on 7 February at 14:30. References {{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Championships 2021 - Two-man Two-man ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2021
The 2021 IBSF World Championships was held in Altenberg, Germany from 5 to 14 February 2021. They were originally awarded to Lake Placid but were moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year saw the introduction of the Women's Monobob event to the World Championships. Schedule Seven events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' ;Bobsleigh ;Skeleton Russia doping ban On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2021-2022 World Championships and 2022 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2020 – Four-man
The Four-man competition at the IBSF World Championships 2020 The 2020 IBSF World Championships were held in Altenberg, Germany from 21 February to 1 March 2020. This World Championships saw the introduction of a skeleton mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton. This wa ... was held on 29 February and 1 March 2020. Results The first two runs were started on 29 February at 13:34. The last two runs were held on 1 March at 13:04. References {{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Championships 2020 - Four-man Four-man ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2020 – Two-man
The Two-man competition at the IBSF World Championships 2020 The 2020 IBSF World Championships were held in Altenberg, Germany from 21 February to 1 March 2020. This World Championships saw the introduction of a skeleton mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton. This wa ... was held on 22 and 23 February 2020. Results The first two runs were started on February 22 at 11:30am. The last two runs were held on February 23 at 2:30pm. References {{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Championships 2020 - Two-man Two-man ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2020
The 2020 IBSF World Championships were held in Altenberg, Germany from 21 February to 1 March 2020. This World Championships saw the introduction of a skeleton mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton. This was also the first World Championship, since its introduction at the 2007 championships, without the mixed-sleds mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh. Schedule Six events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+1 UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in: *Central European Time *West Africa Time *Western European Summer Time ** B ...).'' ;Bobsleigh ;Skeleton Medal summary Medal table Bobsleigh Skeleton References External links * {{World championships in 2020 IBSF 2020 in German sport 2020 in bobsleigh 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2019 – Four-man
The Four-man competition at the IBSF World Championships 2019 The 2019 IBSF World Championships were held in Whistler, Canada from February 25 to March 10, 2019. This would be the last World Championships with the mixed-sleds mixed team eventconsisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, ... was held on March 8 and 9, 2019. Results The first two runs were started on March 8 at 17:04 and the final two runs on March 9 at 17:04. References {{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Championships 2019 - Four-man Four-man ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2019 – Two-man
The Two-man competition at the IBSF World Championships 2019 The 2019 IBSF World Championships were held in Whistler, Canada from February 25 to March 10, 2019. This would be the last World Championships with the mixed-sleds mixed team eventconsisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, ... was held on March 1 and 2, 2019. Results The first two runs were started on March 1 at 17:04 and the last two runs on March 2 at 17:04. References {{DEFAULTSORT:IBSF World Championships 2019 - Two-man Two-man ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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IBSF World Championships 2019
The 2019 IBSF World Championships were held in Whistler, Canada from February 25 to March 10, 2019. This would be the last World Championships with the mixed-sleds mixed team eventconsisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Fe ..., and 2-women bobsleighfirst introduced at the 2007 championships. The 2020 championships would see the introduction of a skeleton-only mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton. Schedule Six events were held. ''All times are local ( UTC−8).'' ;Bobsleigh ;Team Event ;Skeleton Medal summary Medal table Bobsleigh Skeleton Mixed References External linksOfficial website {{World championships in 2019 IBSF Sports com ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBT World Championships 2017 – Four-man
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), originally known by the French name ''Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing'' (FIBT), is the international sports federation for bobsleigh and skeleton. It acts as an umbrella organization for 14 national bobsleigh and skeleton associations . 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. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the federation suspended the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials. It also suspended the Bobsleigh Federation of Russia until its next Congress in July 2022. History of bobsleigh The world's first bobsleigh club was founded in St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1897. By 1904, competitions we ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIBT World Championships 2017 – Two-man
The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), originally known by the French name ''Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing'' (FIBT), is the international sports federation for bobsleigh and skeleton. It acts as an umbrella organization for 14 national bobsleigh and skeleton associations . 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. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the federation suspended the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials. It also suspended the Bobsleigh Federation of Russia until its next Congress in July 2022. History of bobsleigh The world's first bobsleigh club was founded in St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1897. By 1904, competitions wer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |