Lisa-Marie Buckwitz (born 2 December 1994) 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 ...

. She won a gold medal in the two-woman event at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...

, and also competed at the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

Career

Buckwitz started off as a

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...

. Buckwitz took up bobsleigh in 2013, and trains at the club. She won two junior championships. In 2015, Buckwitz and Cathleen Martini won the two-woman

Bobsleigh World Cup The Bobsleigh World Cup is an annual bobsleigh competitions. It has taken place since the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene lan ...

event in

Königssee The Königssee () is a natural lake in the southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park. Description Situated within the Bercht ...

. In 2016, Buckwitz and Stephanie Schneider won a bronze medal in the two-woman at the

Bobsleigh European Championship The European Bobsleigh and Skeleton Championships are the main bobsleigh and skeleton championships in Europe. The first bobsleigh European Championships with two-man event was held in 1929 in Davos, Switzerland. However, as Bobsleigh World Champi ...

, and came fourth in the two-woman event at the

IBSF World Championships IBSF World Championship may refer to: * IBSF World Snooker Championship * IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton) {{Disambiguation ...

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, Austria. In 2017, Buckwitz,

Christopher Grotheer Christopher Grotheer (born 30 July 1992) is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2007. His debut at the European Cup was in November 2010. Grotheer's best Skeleton World Cup finish was 3rd in season 2012–13. He won the Gold medal in ...

, Stephanie Schneider,

Tina Hermann Tina Hermann (born 5 March 1992) is a German skeleton racer and a four-time World champion. She began racing in 2007 and was selected to the national team in 2009. She is coached by Dirk Matschenz (personal) and Jens Müller (national); away fr ...

Nico Walther Nico Walther (born 7 June 1990) is a German bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), w ...

and Philipp Wobeto won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the

IBSF World Championships IBSF World Championship may refer to: * IBSF World Snooker Championship * IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton) {{Disambiguation ...

in Königssee. They finished behind another German team. At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, German bobsleigh coach

René Spies René Spies (born 5 July 1973 in Winterberg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German bobsledder who competed from 1991 to 2006. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 2003 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Competing in t ...

paired Buckwitz with

Mariama Jamanka Mariama Jamanka (born 23 August 1990) is a journalist and retired German bobsledder who won Gold in the two-woman event with Lisa Buckwitz at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Career A former discus and hammer thrower of Berlin, Jamanka became a bo ...

. The pair were nicknamed the "Berlin Bob", as Buckwitz and Jamanka are both from Berlin. Buckwitz and Jamanka won a silver medal at the 2018 Bobsleigh European Championships. At the

, Buckwitz and Jamanka competed in the two-woman event and won the gold medal. The win was unexpected, as the other German bobsleigh, containing Stephanie Schneider and

Annika Drazek Annika Drazek (born 11 April 1995) is a German Bobsleigh, bobsledder and former track and field athlete. She was a sprinter, competed at two IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics, IAAF World Youth Championships. In bobsleigh, she competes w ...

, was the favourite to win. German teams won all three of the bobsleigh events at the Games, and Buckwitz was the first person from Schöneiche to win an Olympic gold medal. As a result of her Olympic win, Buckwitz was awarded the

Silbernes Lorbeerblatt Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (, ), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and Paralympic Games ...

(Silver Laurel Leaf), and was voted

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's Sportswoman of the Year. Buckwitz and Jamanka won the opening race of the

2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup The 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 8 December 2018 in Sigulda, Latvia and finished on 24 February 2019 in Calgary, Canada. The World Cup was organised by the IBSF (formerly ...

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, Latvia. Buckwitz has also competed in

monobob 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 Bobsl ...

events. At the

, Buckwitz and

Kim Kalicki Kim Kalicki (born 27 June 1997) is a German bobsledder who competes for TuS Eintracht Wiesbaden 1846. She also representing the Germany national team since 2015 and won the silver medal in the two-woman bobsleigh event at the Bobsleigh World Ch ...

came fourth in the two-woman event.

Personal life

Buckwitz is from

Schöneiche Schöneiche is a municipality in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated directly at the edge to Berlin/ Friedrichshagen and next to Rüdersdorf and Woltersdorf, Brandenburg on the eastern edge of the German capital Berlin ...

, Berlin, Germany. Aside from her bobsleigh career, she has worked as a state police officer. In February 2022, Buckwitz was represented in the Olympic edition of the German ''

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'' magazine with a photo series. She was also featured on half of the covers, with Austrian skeleton racer

Janine Flock Janine Flock (; born 25 July 1989) is an Austrian skeleton racer. She was a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Wint ...

the other half of the covers.

Results

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

World Championships

World Cup

Two-woman

Monobob

References

External links

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Lisa Buckwitz
at the

German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (, BSD) is the official federation for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton in Germany. It is the German representative both to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation and the International Luge F ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckwitz, Lisa 1994 births Living people German female bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Germany Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Bobsledders from Berlin Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in bobsleigh German police officers Women police officers 21st-century police officers 21st-century German sportswomen