FIBT World Championships 2011


The FIBT World Championships 2011 took place 14 February – 27 February 2011 in Königssee, Germany, for the fifth time, doing so previously in 1979, 1986, and 1990, and 2004. In 2007, the championships were awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy over Winterberg Germany, but Cortina withdrew in February 2009 to issues with the city of Cortina.

Original selection

, Italy, was selected 21–13 over Winterberg, Germany, at the FIBT annual conference in London, England, on 2 June 2007.
It was to have been Cortina's tenth time hosting the event, having done so previously in 1937, 1939, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1981, 1989, and 1999.
The track was to have undergone a homologation to accommodate skeleton during the 2007–08 World Cup season in order for it to be used for the event, but that did not happen. Skeleton was last competed at Cortina in 1992. A World Cup event was set to take place in January 2009, but was cancelled to technical issues.
On 28 February 2009, it was announced at the world championships in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States that Königssee was selected in cooperation with the FIBT and the Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland.

Bobsleigh

Two-man

's duo of Ivo Rüegg and Cedric Grand are the defending world champions. Germany's André Lange and Kevin Kuske are the Olympic champions. Grand and Lange retired after the 2010 Winter Olympics.
RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
1Alexandr Zubkov
Alexey Voyevoda
50.3150.2550.2049.963:20.72
16Thomas Florschütz
Kevin Kuske
50.5050.1750.2949.943:20.90+0.18
2Manuel Machata
Andreas Bredau
50.5150.2650.2449.893:20.90+0.18
6Beat Hefti
Thomas Lamparter
50.5650.0650.5949.793:21.00+0.28
7Karl Angerer
Alexander Rödiger
50.8550.2850.2749.873:21.27+0.55
4Steve Holcomb
Steven Langton
50.6050.3850.2650.273:21.51+0.79
3Simone Bertazzo
Matteo Torchio
50.6250.4050.3150.183:21.51+0.79
26Nicolae Istrate
Florin Cezar Craciun
50.7350.4750.4750.393:22.06+1.34
5Lyndon Rush
Neville Wright
51.0550.5350.5150.143:22.23+1.51
109Gregor Baumann
Alex Baumann
50.8950.5950.5350.243:22.25+1.53
1114Francesco Friedrich
Marko Huebenbecker
50.8050.6850.4950.313:22.28+1.56
128Patrice Servelle
Lascelles Brown
50.9650.7150.5550.243:22.46+1.74
1319Oskars Melbārdis
Intars Dambis
50.7050.7850.5750.493:22.54+1.82
1411Jürgen Loacker
Matthias Adolf
50.9751.1450.4550.373:22.93+2.21
1517Dawid Kupczyk
Marcin Niewiara
50.9850.5650.8550.663:23.05+2.33
1613Edgars Maskalāns
Daumants Dreiškens
51.1050.8550.7650.403:23.11+2.39
1710Alexander Kasjanov
Maxim Belugin
51.1750.8050.7250.483:23.17+2.45
1822Edwin van Calker
Sybren Jansma
51.2450.9250.6050.613:23.37+2.65
1918Chris Spring
Timothy Randall
51.0550.8450.8850.743:23.51+2.79
2020John James Jackson
Bruce Tasker
51.0450.9350.8750.923:23.76+3.04
2124Jan Vrba
Jan Stokláska
51.2450.9350.71
2212John Napier
Laszlo Vandracsek
51.0950.9550.90
2315Alexey Gorlachev
Alexander Ryabov
51.3750.7950.80
2423Rico Peter
Thomas Ruf
51.2051.0850.85
2521Cory Butner
Johnny Quinn
51.4650.8651.02
2628Lamin Deen
Richard Sharman
51.4551.3451.49
2727Thibault Alexis Godefroy
Vincent Daniel Ricard
51.7851.3551.38
2831Bruno Meyerhans
Jürgen Berginz
52.2451.7351.63
2930Marc Sluszny
Lino Vandoorne
52.8252.9252.16
3025Heath Spence
Dustin MacPherson
53.1052.6552.24
3132Ivan Šola
Nikola Nimac
54.3853.6553.36
29Vuk Rađenović
Slobodan Matijević

Four-man

The Olympic and World champions are the American foursome of Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, and Curtis Tomasevicz.
RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
1Manuel Machata
Richard Adjei
Andreas Bredau
Christian Poser
48.6548.7949.2649.883:16.58
4Karl Angerer
Christian Friedrich
Alex Mann
Gregor Bermbach
48.7448.9249.3150.133:17.10+0.52
2Steve Holcomb
Justin Olsen
Steven Langton
Curtis Tomasevicz
48.8149.0149.4649.983:17.26+0.68
3Alexandr Zubkov
Filipp Yegorov
Dmitry Trunenkov
Nikolay Hrenkov
48.7849.0049.3950.283:17.45+0.87
10Maximilian Arndt
Jan Speer
Alexander Rödiger
Martin Putze
49.0548.9249.4850.003:17.45+0.87
6Lyndon Rush
David Bissett
Cody Sorensen
Neville Wright
48.8749.0049.5650.083:17.51+0.93
15Thomas Florschütz
Ronny Listner
Kevin Kuske
Andreas Barucha
49.0149.0949.4850.163:17.74+1.16
8Gregor Baumann
Patrick Bloechliger
Alex Baumann
Juerg Egger
49.0649.0649.6450.213:17.97+1.39
7Edgars Maskalāns
Daumants Dreiškens
Ugis Zalims
Intars Dambis
49.0649.1049.6950.533:18.38+1.80
105Alexander Kasjanov
Andrey Yurkov
Dmitriy Stepushkin
Maxim Belugin
49.0249.1449.7750.553:18.48+1.90
1112Alexey Gorlachev
Petr Moiseev
Alexey Kireev
Sergey Prudnikov
49.2949.0749.8950.523:18.77+2.19
1214Beat Hefti
Roman Handschin
Thomas Lamparter
Manuel Luethi
49.2249.1349.8850.553:18.78+2.20
1318Jürgen Loacker
Juergen Mayer
Matthias Adolf
Martin Lachkovics
49.1649.2250.0350.413:18.82+2.24
1422Chris Spring
Timothy Randall
Derek Plug
Graeme Rinholm
49.1749.2750.0250.603:19.06+2.48
1524Oskars Melbārdis
Raivis Broks
Mihails Arhipovs
Janis Strenga
49.4849.3449.8650.473:19.15+2.57
1625Edwin van Calker
Yannick Greiner
Sybren Jansma
Arno Klaassen
49.2749.1850.0450.683:19.17+2.59
1716Jan Vrba
Dominik Suchý
Martin Bohmann
Jan Stokláska
49.2749.2250.2050.763:19.45+2.87
1817Dawid Kupczyk
Michal Kasperowicz
Marcin Niewiara
Paweł Mróz
49.2849.2950.2150.733:19.51+2.93
1913John Napier
Jared Clugston
Laszlo Vandracsek
Jesse Beckom
49.3149.2150.4451.093:20.05+3.47
209Simone Bertazzo
Matteo Torchio
Samuele Romanini
Sergio Riva
49.3849.5450.5151.053:20.48+3.90
2123Rico Peter
Thomas Ruf
Fabio Badraun
Thomas Landolt
49.5449.4250.62'
2221John James Jackson
Dave Smith
Bruce Tasker
Christopher Wolley
49.5949.5350.67'
2320Nicolae Istrate
Ionuţ Andrei
Bogdan Laurentiu Otava
Florin Cezar Craciun
49.6549.5650.89'
2428Vuk Radjenovic
Uros Stegel
Milos Savic
Damjan Zlatnar
49.9649.8851.20'
2533Hiroshi Suzuki
Tohru Sakurai
Ryuichi Kobayashi
Kota Imai
49.9650.0051.49'
2629Thibault Alexis Godefroy
Alexandre Lhomel
Julien Bernard-Godet
Alexandre Jolivet
50.1349.9451.40'
2719Milan Jagnešák
Martin Tešovič
Andrej Bician
Juraj Mokrás
50.0150.0051.58'
2826Cory Butner
Codie Bascue
Kameron Hart
Johnny Quinn
50.1550.0051.56'
2927Dorin-Alexandru Grigore
Emilian Pertea
Danut Stancu
Florin Barcacila Bogdan
50.1650.3451.63'
3032Ivan Šola
Drazen Silic
Mate Mezulić
Igor Marić
50.8450.3852.00'
3131Heath Spence
Christian Wulff
Joshua Kelly
Dustin MacPherson
50.7850.8152.85'
3230Marc Sluszny
Thomas Siech
Lino Vandoorne
Korneel Deblock
51.3751.7653.63'
11Patrice Servelle
Joffrey Tocant
Lascelles Brown
Elly Lefort
49.4249.67

Two-woman

The British duo of Nicole Minichiello and Gillian Cooke are the defending World Champions. Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse are the Olympic champions. Minichiello will not compete this season to injuries sustained during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Humphries and Moyse won Canada's first ever World Championship medal in women's bobsleigh with their bronze medal performance.
RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
2Cathleen Martini
Romy Logsch
51.3651.4151.6951.653:26.11
4Shauna Rohbock
Valerie Fleming
51.4451.4451.8551.603:26.33+0.22
3Kaillie Humphries
Heather Moyse
51.3651.5952.0151.783:26.74+0.63
1Sandra Kiriasis
Berit Wiacker
51.5651.4052.0851.773:26.81+0.70
5Helen Upperton
Shelley-Ann Brown
51.5551.5852.0351.833:26.99+0.88
6Esmé Kamphuis
Judith Vis
51.8751.7851.9251.953:27.52+1.41
9Sabina Hafner
Caroline Spahni
51.7651.7752.2451.973:27.74+1.63
8Anja Schneiderheinze
Christin Senkel
51.7451.7752.5252.063:28.09+1.98
14Elana Meyers
Jamie Greubel
51.7851.7852.6852.093:28.33+2.22
1010Bree Schaaf
Emily Azevedo
51.8051.9952.5452.013:28.34+2.23
117Fabienne Meyer
Hanne Schenk
51.6152.0352.9551.943:28.53+2.42
1215Olga Fyodorova
Yulia Timofeeva
52.0252.0152.3252.313:28.66+2.55
1311Paula Walker
Rebekah Wilson
52.0051.8552.8951.943:28.68+2.57
1418Astrid Loch-Wilkinson
Fiona Cullen
52.0552.1752.7352.523:29.47+3.36
1512Anastasiya Skulkina
Margarita Ismailova
52.2552.4052.6352.243:29.52+3.41
1613Christina Hengster
Anna Feichtner
52.1352.1253.0252.853:30.12+4.01
1717Elfje Willemsen
Anouska Hellebuyck
52.3752.8152.9052.493:30.57+4.46
1816Viktoria Tokovaya
Natalya Kalashnik
52.5552.7853.2653.133:31.72+5.61
1919Carmen Tronescu
Alina Vera Savin
53.0153.1953.2253.283:32.70+6.59
2022Andreea Olimpia Popescu
Maria Dragan
52.9152.9753.3153.563:32.75+6.64
2120Fiona Harrison
Gillian Cooke
53.3553.0153.70'
2221Eva Willemarck
Els de Groote
53.3153.5453.24'

Skeleton

Men

Switzerland's Gregor Stähli is the defending World champion. Canada's Jon Montgomery is the Olympic champion.
RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
1Martins Dukurs51.1850.6750.9450.913:23.70
5Aleksandr Tretyakov51.4351.1451.6251.253:25.44+1.74
3Frank Rommel51.7151.1451.5351.303:25.68+1.98
2Sandro Stielicke51.4251.1351.8751.563:25.98+2.28
6Michi Halilović51.2951.1351.6851.893:25.99+2.29
12Kristan Bromley51.4851.2351.8551.723:26.28+2.58
7Matthew Antoine51.9251.5051.9851.373:26.77+3.07
15Alexander Kröckel51.7951.5752.1351.663:27.15+3.45
8Tomass Dukurs51.7551.4552.2551.773:27.22+3.52
104Sergey Chudinov51.8351.6552.1451.913:27.53+3.83
119Jon Montgomery51.7451.4352.5351.963:27.66+3.96
1221Ben Sandford51.9951.6352.4251.943:27.98+4.28
1314Michael Douglas52.2351.4852.5051.863:28.07+4.37
1411Chris Type52.2351.4752.5051.883:28.08+4.38
1513John Fairbairn51.9651.5252.9352.013:28.42+4.72
1616Andy Wood52.2451.5752.6652.463:28.93+5.23
1710John Daly52.0852.3052.3952.633:29.40+5.70
1820Anže Šetina52.2552.3452.7052.313:29.60+5.90
1923Hiroatsu Takahashi51.8352.1752.8953.053:29.94+6.24
2018Pascal Oswald53.6351.7852.2552.293:29.95+6.25
2128Lukas Kummer52.5052.3052.88'
2219Matthias Guggenberger52.4852.6153.07'
2327John Farrow52.4252.5353.34'
2422Maurizio Oioli52.7452.7153.00'
2517Kyle Tress52.9752.4753.02'
2624Ander Mirambell52.8652.4953.18'
2725Yuki Sasahara53.4952.6653.10'
2826Giovanni Mulassano53.2953.1353.90'
2933Jakub Holoubek54.0253.3753.64
3032Emilio Strapasson54.1754.0053.58'
3130Dorin Dumitru Velicu55.1352.5554.20'
3231Matt Skolnik54.0853.3654.57'
3329Bradley Chalupski54.5654.3454.88'
3434Lee Webster54.6954.7654.72

Women

Germany's Marion Thees is the defending World champion. Britain's Amy Williams is the Olympic champion.
RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
4Marion Thees52.2252.2152.0752.013:28.51
1Anja Huber52.4452.1452.3552.463:29.39+0.88
3Mellisa Hollingsworth52.6452.3452.4652.303:29.74+1.23
2Shelley Rudman53.1452.4552.2452.223:30.05+1.54
10Olga Potylitsina53.1052.5052.4052.703:30.70+2.19
8Katharina Heinz52.8852.6852.7652.553:30.87+2.36
5Amy Gough52.8152.6452.8452.703:30.99+2.48
7Darla Deschamps53.0052.6452.8752.703:31.21+2.70
17Katie Uhlaender53.3652.7552.5852.823:31.51+3.00
1019Yelena Yudina53.2952.7352.7652.873:31.65+3.14
1125Robynne Thompson53.0753.4653.5553.063:33.14+4.63
129Emma Lincoln-Smith53.3353.6253.4552.833:33.23+4.72
136Donna Creighton53.4853.2053.5553.063:33.29+4.78
1413Katharine Eustace54.1252.9153.6052.773:33.40+4.89
1515Lucy Chaffer53.7553.7253.0053.533:34.00+5.49
1616Kimber Gabryszak53.8053.7853.1053.493:34.17+5.66
1718Joska Le Conté54.1553.4353.4153.403:34.39+5.88
1811Nozomi Komuro54.1153.3653.4453.493:34.40+5.89
1914Janine Flock53.3353.5753.8254.313:35.03+6.52
2023Jessica Kilian53.7553.6853.7054.613:35.74+7.23
2122Michaela Glässer54.0753.5253.60'
2220Maria Orlova53.5953.7453.95'
2312Anne O'Shea53.6553.8953.87'
2421Barbara Hosch54.6254.6153.96'
2526Delia Andreea Ivas54.5154.4454.65'
2624Maria Marinela Mazilu55.2255.4854.85'

Mixed team

The German team of Frank Rommel, Sandra Kiriasis, Patricia Polifka, Thees, Thomas Florschütz, & Andreas Barucha are the defending World champions.
RankBibAthleteCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalBehind
11Michi Halilović
Sandra Kiriasis / Stephanie Schneider
Marion Thees
Francesco Friedrich / Florian Becke
51.4051.6052.8250.273:26.09
6Frank Rommel
Cathleen Martini / Kristin Steinert
Anja Huber
Karl Angerer / Alex Mann
51.5251.5052.7450.393:26.15+0.06
4Jon Montgomery
Kaillie Humphries / Heather Moyse
Mellisa Hollingsworth
Lyndon Rush / Cody Sorensen
51.5451.4053.6750.353:26.96+0.87
3Kristan Bromley
Paula Walker / Rebekah Wilson
Shelley Rudman
John James Jackson / Bruce Tasker
51.8551.7253.3450.833:27.74+1.65
5Sergey Chudinov
Olga Fyodorova / Yulia Timofeeva
Olga Potelitcina
Alexandr Zubkov / Alexey Voyevoda
51.9751.9153.9050.283:28.06+1.97
14Aleksandr Tretyakov
Anastasiya Skulkina / Margarita Ismailova
Yelena Yudina
Alexander Kasjanov / Maxim Belugin
51.5052.1853.8950.673:28.24+2.15
10Michael Douglas
Helen Upperton / Shelley-Ann Brown
Amy Gough
Chris Spring / Derek Plug
52.4951.6153.9750.893:28.96+2.87
15John Daly
Elana Meyers / Kristi Koplin
Anne O'Shea
John Napier / Jesse Beckom
51.8851.8455.0550.583:29.35+3.26
12Matthew Antoine
Bree Schaaf / Emily Azevedo
Katie Uhlaender
Steve Holcomb / Curtis Tomasevicz
52.6151.8154.6650.453:29.53+3.44
102Pascal Oswald
Sabina Hafner / Michelle Huwiler
Jessica Kilian
Gregor Baumann / Juerg Egger
52.9151.7354.9150.343:29.89+3.80
1113Matthias Guggenberger
Christina Hengster / Inga Versen
Janine Flock
Jürgen Loacker / Johannes Wipplinger
52.4352.8154.6550.753:30.64+4.55
129Lukas Kummer
Fabienne Meyer / Eveline Gerber
Barbara Hosch
Rico Peter / Fabio Badraun
53.0651.9355.4150.813:31.21+5.12
131Andy Wood
Fiona Harrison / Gillian Cooke
Donna Creighton
Lamin Deen / Richard Sharman
53.2153.1654.2451.153:31.76+5.67
147John Farrow
Astrid Loch-Wilkinson / Jamie Hedge
Emma Lincoln-Smith
Heath Spence / Joshua Kelly
53.4152.3354.0952.503:32.33+6.24
158Silviu Alexandru Mesarosi
Carmen Tronescu / Alina Vera Savin
Maria Marinela Mazilu
Nicolae Istrate / Florin Cezar Craciun
53.4453.2655.6750.723:33.09+7.00

Medal table