Thorsten Margis (born 14 August 1989) is a German bobsledder.FIBT Profile

Career

Margis competed at the

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for Germany. He teamed with driver

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 fo ...

, Gregor Bermbach and

Jannis Bäcker Jannis Bäcker (born 1 January 1985) is a German bobsled 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 b ...

in the Germany-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing 10th. As of April 2014, his best showing at the

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is 4th, in the

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team event, with his best finish in an Olympic discipline 13th in the 2013 four-man event. Margis made his

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debut in January 2013. As of April 2014, he has three World Cup podium finishes, with his best result being a pair of silver medals in 2013–14. Margis and

tied with Canada's

Justin Kripps Justin Kripps (born January 6, 1987) is a Canadian bobsledder and an Olympic champion in two-man bobsleigh following his gold medal win at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Kripps won a silver medal in the two-man event at t ...

and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal at the

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World Cup Podiums

References

External links

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Thorsten Margis
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 ...

1989 births Living people Olympic bobsledders for Germany People from Bad Honnef Sportspeople from Cologne (region) Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics German male bobsledders Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub