Extended Start List Skeleton Men - Königssee, run 1 Bib Name Nation Ergebnisse/Results 1 ANTOINE, Matthew 02.04.1985 - Prairie du Chien 192 cm - 92 kg USA OWG 2014: Bronze WCh 2012: 5th Best in WCup: 1st (Dec13, Lake Placid) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 4 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 6 Raced Go-Karts before Applied to USABS after watching 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City (USA 2 GASPARI, Mattia 14.09.1993 - Pieve de Cadore 175 cm - 75 kg ITA WCh 2015: 21st Best in Wcup: 8th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 19 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 12 Student Born in Cortina d'ampezzo, site of 1956 Olympic Winter Games and of multiple World Championships in Bobsleigh 3 MARTINEAU, Barrett 04.09.1991 - Calgary 178 cm - 80kg CAN WCh 2015: 20th Best in Wcup: 8th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 17 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 9 His helmet is painted with a bear's face, referring to his nickname "Bear" Occupation: Ski jumping coach Was forejumper at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games 4 ZACHRAU, Michael 05.08.1994 183 cm - 83 kg GER Overall World Cup 2014-2015: - Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 7 Former Ski jumper, like teammate Axel Jungk Loves Camping and Movies
5 DUKURS, Tomass 02.07.1981 - Sigulda 186 cm - 83 kg LAT OWG 2010, 2014: 4th WCh 2015: Bronze ECh 2016: Gold (tied with Martins Dukurs) (2007, 2015: Bronze) Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 2004, Sigulda) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 2 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 3 Won the first-ever World Cup race for Latvia (2004 in Sigulda) - his only victory in World Cup so far. Captured the Olympic track record in Whistler (CAN), that was previously unbeaten for six years Martins is his younger brother, his father Dainis one of the coaches. 6 GRESZCZYSZYN, Dave 18.09.1979 - Toronto 193 cm - 108 kg CAN WCh 2015: 11th Best in Wcup: 5th (Jan 16, Whistler) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 9 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 8 At Königssee World Cup, he raced with the portrait of his grandfather under his sled, who turned 100 at race day Former Rugby player Occupation: teacher 7 JUNGK, Axel 05.03.1991 - Zschopau 183 cm - 78 kg GER - WCh 2015: 6th JWCh 2012: Gold Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 3 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 4 In 2014/2015 World Cup he finished third overall - without a single podium finish. Celebrated his first podium in Winterberg in November 2015 Team World Champion with GER in Winterberg and Innsbruck Former ski jumper 8 PARSONS, Dominic Edward 08.09.1987 - London GBR OWG 2014: 10th JWCh 2009, 2010: 4th WCh 2015: 7th Best in WCup: 3rd (Nov13, Calgary) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 5 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 5 Former track and field athlete (400 m) Studies Advanced Engine Technology 9 DUKURS, Martins 31.03.1984 - Sigulda 178 cm - 72 kg LAT OWG 2010, 2014: Silver WCh 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016: Gold (2013: Silver) ECh 2010-2016: Gold (2016 tied with Tomass Dukurs) Overall Wcup 2010-2015: 1st Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 1 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 1 The most successful skeleton slider, winning three World and seven European titels as well as six Overall World Cups. Only Olympic Gold is missing in his collection: he finished second in 2010 and 2014. Latvia has 43 World Cup wins in skeleton so far - of which 42 from Martins. Latvian Sliders all have a huge fan base
10 YUN, Sungbin 23.05.1994 - Jinju 178 cm - 85 kg KOR OWG 2014: 16th WCh 2015: 8th Best in WCup: 2nd Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 6 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 2 celebrated the first ever podium placing (Calgary, Dec 2014) and World Cup victory (Jan 2016, St. Moritz) for Korea Student Loves Music of British singer Adele 11 VON SCHLEINITZ, Kilian 25.06.1994 - Berchtesgaden 183 cm - 80kg GER WCh 2015: 9th JWCh 2014: Gold (2016: Silver) Best in WCup: 6 (Jan 15, Königssee) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 13 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: His older brother Julian slides in GER Luge team, (>Junior World Champion 2009, WCh 2015: 9th) Very old Bavarian family. His mother Ute Hankers played Volleyball at the German national team. 12 CRUMPTON, Nathan 09.10.1985 - Nairobi 182 cm - 79 kg USA Best in WCup: 5th (Jan 16, Park City ) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: - Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 16 Rookie World Cup season, finished 5th in Park City Athlete, fitness & lifestyle model and professional photographer Born in Nairobi, Kenya, moved to Geneva, Switzerland, aged 5. Also lived in Harare, Zimbabwe and Canberra, Australia and of course USA 13 TAKAHASHI, Hiroatsu 13.04.1984 - Tomiya 175 cm - 83 kg JPN OWG 2010: 8th WCh 2015: 14th Best in WCup: 7th (Jan15, Altenberg) Overall World Cup 2014: 10 Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 14 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 14 Former Baseball player His son Kohei was born 2013 M-Project sled (Japanese)
14 LEE, Hansin 27.09.1988 - Jinan 177 cm - 80 kg KOR OWG 2014: 24th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 34 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 15 Full-time athlete 15 AUER, Alexander 23.03.1991 - Innsbruck 178 cm - 83 kg AUT - - Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 41 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 30 Son of former Austrian skeleton athlete Christian Auer, the 1991 World Champion Younger brother Florian also competes at Innsbruck World Championships 16 THORNBURY, Rhys 15.01.1990 - Viveash NZL WCh 2015: 31st Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 34 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 27 Born in Australia, New Zealand roots. Moved to Great Britain as a child. Works as weapon technician for the Royal Air Force 17 MAIER, Raphael 08.09.1992 173 cm - 67 kg AUT OWG 2014: 19th JWCh 2012: 4th WCh 2013: 13th ECh 2012: 10th (2015: 11th) Best in WCup: 6th (Dec 14, Calgary) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 16 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 32 Son of Austrian bobsleigh head coach Manfred Maier Sliding family: Brother Benjamin is bobsleigh pilot (WCh bronze medal with the team, fifth in four man bob), brother Samuel is also skeleton pilot (6th at Youth Olympic Winter Games 2016 in Lillehammer) 18 CHUDINOV, Sergei 06.08.1983 - Moskau 185 cm - 82 kg RUS OWG 2014: 5th WCh 2013: Bronze ECh 2011: Silver Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 14 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 22 wants to join 2018 Olympics in Korea Loves soviet comedies and folk music
19 MUTOVIN, Alexander 07.07.1984 - Krasnoyarsk 181 cm - 83 kg RUS - ECh: Overall World Cup 2014-2015: Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 25 Full time athlete Loves the Terminator movies, skiing, fishing and hockey married, one daughter 20 BATUEV, Anton 08.05.1985 - Chusovoy 180 cm - 76 kg RUS OGW: - WCh 2013: 19th ECh 2014: 6th Best in Wcup: 7th (Dec 14, Lake Placid) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 26 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 26 Former Hockey player Loves AC/DC music 21 ROHRER, Marco 15.07.1987 SUI WCh 2015: 17th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: - Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 19 4th of Swiss Indoor Champonships 2012, 60m. Competed against a Racing Greyhound for the German TV Show "Galileo" - and lost by a mile. 22 MIRAMBELL, Ander 17.02.1983 183 cm - 82 kg ESP OWG 2014: 26th WCh 2015: 30th ECh 2009, 2010: 15th Best in WCup: 14th (Nov. '10, Whistler) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 25 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 25 Studying Sports Science. Trains with Espanyol - Barcelona s other team. Wrote a book about his journey to Sochi Works with an international team called "Badass Skeleton Team", coached by Austrian Martin Rettl (2001 World Champion and 2002 Olympic silver)
23 AUDERSET, Ronald 19.12.1989 SUI WCh 2015: 25th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 20 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 20 Mechanical Engineering student/scientific staff member UAS Freiburg Hobbies: Sailing, floorball, handicraft 24 RICE, Jeremy 03.10.1990 - High Wycombe 182 cm - 90 kg GBR Overall World Cup 2014-2015: Overall World Cup 2015-2016: The final in Königssee is his World Cup debut. Königssee is his favourite track.. Former Rugby player Also raced at Cresta Run in St. Moritz / SUI 25 CECCHINI, Joseph Luke 25.05.1982 - Trail (CAN) 180 cm - 88 kg ITA - WCh 2015: 26th Best in Wcup: 12th (Feb 15, Sochi) Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 14 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 23 Canadian-born from Italian roots. Speaks almost no Italian. Full-time Calgary Police Officer. 26 TIMMINGS, Dean 29.12.1990 - Perth 179 cm - 73 kg AUS - WCh 2016: 30th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 44 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 34 Twin brother Nicolas is also a skeleton racer, both had their World Cup debut at the end of the 2014/2015 season. Went to school with Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo.
27 THOMAS, Jack 19.05.1990 GBR Overall World Cup 2014-2015: Overall World Cup 2015-2016: The final in Königssee is his World Cup debut. Former Occupation: Plumber Former Sports: Track & Field 28 TIMMINGS, Nicholas 29.12.1990 - Perth 182 cm - 74 kg AUS - WCh 2015: 28th Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 43 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: - Twin brother Dean is also a skeleton racer, both had their World Cup debut at the end of the 2014/2015 season. Went to school with Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo. Redaktionsbüro Wolfgang Harder (RWH) Danziger Weg 18 D 88131 Lindau am Bodensee Tel.: (+49) 173-60 733 52 email: wolfgang.harder@t-online.de IBSF International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation Maison du Sport - Avenue de Rhodanie 54 CH-1007 Lausanne Branch office: Salzburger Strasse 678 AUT - 5084 Grossgmain Tel: +43 6247 20232 10 Mail : office@ibsf.org