Thorsten Margis, born on 14 August 1989, is a German bobsledder who works as a brakeman. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics with the Germany-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing tenth, and made his World Cup debut in January 2013, with a best World Championships result of fourth in the 2013 team event by the spring of 2014. Teamed with the pilot Francesco Friedrich, he tied with the Canadian pair of Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the two-man gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He later earned gold medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2026 Winter Olympics, which brought him to five Olympic gold medals in all.
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is a German bobsledder
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is a German bobsledder
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Margis competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Germany
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at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Competed In: 2022 Winter Olympics, Career
He earned gold medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Olympics
Competed In: 2026 Winter Olympics, Career
He earned gold medals at the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2026 Winter Olympics
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