Jacqueline "Jacka" Pfeifer ( Lölling, born 6 February 1995) is a German skeleton racer who has won numerous races and championships, including the inaugural

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skeleton competition in

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and the 2017

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. Pfeifer began competing in skeleton at the age of 12 and was selected to the German national team in 2009. She won her first two international races, as a fifteen-year-old on the Europe Cup circuit, at

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in 2010. Her personal coach is Kathi Wichterle, and she rides an FES sled. When not racing, Pfeifer works for the German

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Notable results

Lölling raced on the Intercontinental Cup from 2011 to 2012 to 2014–15, ending with a string of three gold medals, as well as winning the Junior World Championships in 2014 at

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and in 2015 at Altenberg. Rather than follow the other ICC sliders on the North American leg of the tour, she dropped back to Europe Cup racing for the remainder of the 2014–15 season and took home a silver from the senior

at Winterberg. She joined the

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circuit for 2015–16. Lölling recorded five podiums that season, finishing the overall World Cup rankings in second place with 1550 points, behind teammate

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. Lölling recorded her first regular World Cup victory at Altenberg in the 2016–17 season, which she followed up with a silver at Winterberg, behind

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of Canada – giving Lölling the European Championship for 2017. She also won the pre-Olympic test event at

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and the race at

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on her way to the overall Crystal Globe for the 2016–17 season. In the 2017–18 season, Lölling won races at Whistler, Winterberg, and Altenberg, and placed fourth at

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; the Igls race was also the 2018 European Championship, in which she was second behind

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of Russia.

Career results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).

World Championships

World Cup results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfeifer, Jacqueline 1995 births Living people German female skeleton racers Olympic skeleton racers for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in skeleton Skeleton racers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Germany 21st-century German sportswomen