Felix Straub (born 14 May 1997) is a German

bobsledder 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 Bobsle ...

and sprinter.

Career

Straub began his athletics career as a sprinter before transitioning to

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 ...

. He competed at the

2021 World Athletics Relays The 2021 World Athletics Relays have been held in Chorzów, Poland from 1 to 2 May 2021. Schedule Winners summary There are no medalists but winners in each event. Men Women Mixed Winners positions As the World Athletics ...

and won a gold medal in the

4 × 200 metres relay The 4 × 200 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 200 metres or half a lap on a standard 400 metre track. The event is a world record eligible event, but is not a standard event at most pr ...

. In January 2023, he competed at the

IBSF European Championships 2023 The 2023 IBSF European Championships were held from 20 to 22 January 2023 in Altenberg, Germany. With four gold medals, Germany was the top nation at the European championships as in the years before, and with eleven from eighteen medals, dominat ...

and won a silver medal in the four-man event. In December 2023, he again competed at the

IBSF European Championships 2024 The 2024 IBSF European Championships was held from 2 to 4 February 2024 in Sigulda, Latvia. Since the venue, the Sigulda bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, cannot host four-man bobsleigh races, this part of the championship was held in Igls, Au ...

and won a gold medal in the four-man event. In March 2024, he represented Germany at the

IBSF World Championships 2024 The 2024 IBSF World Championships were held in Winterberg, Germany from 18 February to 3 March 2024. Schedule Seven events were held. ''All times are local (UTC+1 +01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, ...

and won a gold medal in the four-man event. In February 2025, he competed at the IBSF European Championships 2025 and won a silver medal in the four-man event, finishing 0.05 seconds behind the gold medal winners. The next month, he competed at the

IBSF World Championships 2025 The 2025 IBSF World Championships IBSF World Championship may refer to: * IBSF World Snooker Championship * IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton) {{Disambiguation ... were held in Lake Placid, United States from 6 to 15 March 2025. ...

and won a gold medal in the four-man event.

World Championships results

References

External links

* * 1997 births Living people German male bobsledders German male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub