Bobsleigh, also called bobsled, is a winter sport in which individual athletes or teams of two to four make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. The first bobsleds were built in the late 19th century in St. Moritz, Switzerland, by wealthy Victorian British tourists staying at the Palace Hotel, adapting boys delivery sleds and toboggans, which eventually evolved into bobsleighs, luges and skeletons. After collisions on the town streets led to a ban on public highways, the Cresta Run became the oldest track in the world. Modern teams combine the times of several runs to decide the winners. The four-man event has been held at almost every Winter Games since Chamonix in 1924, the two-man event was added in 1932, a two-woman event in 2002 and the women monobob in 2022. International competition is governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation.
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Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which individual athletes or teams of two to four athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh
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The four-man event has been held in almost every Winter Games since they were first held, in Chamonix, France, in 1924.
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Skeleton ( Bobsleigh )
Hans Leutenegger (Wikipedia)
Played By: Hans Leutenegger, LeadQuote, Played By: Hans Leutenegger, Lead
Swiss bobsledder
Christoph Langen (Wikipedia)
Played By: Christoph Langen, LeadQuote, Played By: Christoph Langen, Lead
German bobsledder
Ulrike Holzner (Olympedia)
Played By: Ulrike Holzner, Biography and resultsQuote, Played By: Ulrike Holzner, Biography and results
before she turned to bobsleigh
Frederick McEvoy (source article)
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He competed at the Olympics in 1936 as a bobsled driver
Willy Kanis (Wikipedia Dutch)
Played By: Willy Kanis, Lead, bobsleighQuote, Played By: Willy Kanis, Lead, bobsleigh
In het winterseizoen 2012/13 was ze actief als bobsleester.
Grant Edwards (Wikipedia)
Played By: Grant Edwards, Lead, bobsleighQuote, Played By: Grant Edwards, Lead, bobsleigh
represented Australia in athletics and bobsleigh and competed in the World's Strongest Man competition
Víctor Palomo (Wikipedia)
Played By: Víctor Palomo, Sporting careerQuote, Played By: Víctor Palomo, Sporting career
In 1968, Palomo represented Spain as a member of the Spanish bobsleigh team in the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, France.
Manfred Stengl (Wikipedia)
Played By: Manfred Stengl, LeadQuote, Played By: Manfred Stengl, Lead
was an Austrian luger, bobsleigher and motorcycle road racer
Edy Hubacher (Wikipedia)
Played By: Edy Hubacher, Lead, bobsleddingQuote, Played By: Edy Hubacher, Lead, bobsledding
he switched to bobsledding
Ekkehard Fasser (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ekkehard Fasser, LeadQuote, Played By: Ekkehard Fasser, Lead
was a Swiss bobsledder
Todd Hays (Wikipedia)
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a former American bobsledder
Pepi Bader (Wikipedia)
Played By: Pepi Bader, LeadQuote, Played By: Pepi Bader, Lead
was a West German bobsledder
Martin Putze (Wikipedia)
Played By: Martin Putze, Lead, sport playedQuote, Played By: Martin Putze, Lead, sport played
is a German bobsledder who has competed since the early 2000s
Richard Adjei (Wikipedia)
Played By: Richard Adjei, LeadQuote, Played By: Richard Adjei, Lead
was a German bobsledder who competed since 2007
Thorsten Margis (Wikipedia)
Played By: Thorsten Margis, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Thorsten Margis, Lead, sport
is a German bobsledder
Francesco Friedrich (Wikipedia)
Played By: Francesco Friedrich, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Francesco Friedrich, Lead, sport
is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006
Kevin Kuske (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kevin Kuske, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: Kevin Kuske, Lead, sport
is a former German bobsledder who competed from 1999 to 2018
André Lange (Wikipedia)
Played By: André Lange, Lead, sportQuote, Played By: André Lange, Lead, sport
is a retired German bobsleigher
Lauryn Williams (Wikipedia)
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She won a silver medal in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Jennison Heaton (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jennison Heaton, LeadQuote, Played By: Jennison Heaton, Lead
was an American bobsled and skeleton racer
Gerda Weissensteiner (Wikipedia)
Played By: Gerda Weissensteiner, LeadQuote, Played By: Gerda Weissensteiner, Lead
is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot
Alexandra Burghardt (Wikipedia)
Played By: Alexandra Burghardt, LeadQuote, Played By: Alexandra Burghardt, Lead
is a German sprinter and bobsledder
Guy Dugdale (Wikipedia)
Played By: Guy Dugdale, LeadQuote, Played By: Guy Dugdale, Lead
was a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1930s
Hans Hohenester (Wikipedia)
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was a West German bobsledder
Nino Bibbia (Wikipedia)
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was an Italian skeleton racer and bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s
James Cardno (Olympedia)
Played By: James Cardno, Results, disciplineQuote, Played By: James Cardno, Results, discipline
Bobsleigh
Susi Erdmann (Wikipedia)
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then since 1999 in bobsleigh
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