Lisa-Marie Buckwitz (born 2 December 1994) is a German bobsledder. She won a gold medal in the two-woman event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1]
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| Full name | Lisa-Marie Buckwitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1994 Berlin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Bobsleigh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBuckwitz started off as a heptathlete.[2] Buckwitz took up bobsleigh in 2013,[3] and trains at the SC Potsdam club.[4][5] She won two junior championships.[3]
In 2015, Buckwitz and Cathleen Martini won the two-woman Bobsleigh World Cup event in Königssee.[6] In 2016, Buckwitz and Stephanie Schneider won a bronze medal in the two-woman at the Bobsleigh European Championship,[7] and came fourth in the two-woman event at the IBSF World Championships in Igls, Austria.[8] In 2017, Buckwitz, Christopher Grotheer, Stephanie Schneider, Tina Hermann, Nico Walther and Philipp Wobeto won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the IBSF World Championships in Königssee. They finished behind another German team.[9]
At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, German bobsleigh coach René Spies paired Buckwitz with Mariama Jamanka.[2] The pair were nicknamed the "Berlin Bob", as Buckwitz and Jamanka are both from Berlin.[10] Buckwitz and Jamanka won a silver medal at the 2018 Bobsleigh European Championships.[2] At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Buckwitz and Jamanka competed in the two-woman event and won the gold medal.[3][11][12] The win was unexpected, as the other German bobsleigh, containing Stephanie Schneider and Annika Drazek, was the favourite to win.[10] German teams won all three of the bobsleigh events at the Games,[12] and Buckwitz was the first person from Schöneiche to win an Olympic gold medal.[13] As a result of her Olympic win, Buckwitz was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf),[14] and was voted Brandenburg's Sportswoman of the Year.[15]
Buckwitz and Jamanka won the opening race of the 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia.[16][17] Buckwitz has also competed in monobob events.[13] At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Buckwitz and Kim Kalicki came fourth in the two-woman event.[18]
Personal life
editBuckwitz is from Schöneiche, Berlin, Germany.[13] Aside from her bobsleigh career, she has worked as a state police officer.[4] In February 2022, Buckwitz was represented in the Olympic edition of the German Playboy magazine with a photo series. She was also featured on half of the covers, with Austrian skeleton racer Janine Flock the other half of the covers.[19]
World Cup results
editAll results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[1]
Two-woman
edit| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 |  — |
 7 |
 — |
1 |
 10 |
 — |
— |
 — |
- | - | ||
| 2015–16 | — |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
6 |
13 |
- | - | ||
| 2016–17 | — |
— |
— |
— |
— |
13 |
4 |
 7 |
- | - | ||
| 2017–18 | 3 |
4 |
— |
1 |
3 |
— |
3 |
4 |
- | - | ||
| 2020–21 |  — |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
7 |
- | - | ||
| 2021–22 | — |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
— |
— |
1 |
- | - | ||
| 2022–23 | 6 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
DNF |
5 |
— |
995 | 6th | ||
| 2023–24 |  6 |
1 |
2 |
 4 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
1539 | 3rd |
Monobob
edit| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 9 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
DNS |
1 |
— |
1171 | 6th | ||
| 2023–24 | 7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
1644 | 1st |
References
edit- ^ a b "Lisa Buckwitz". ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Buckwitz will Bob-Pilotin werden". Sportschau (in German). 3 March 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ a b c "Wenn die Anschieberin zur Chefin wird" (in German). RBB24.de. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Lisa Buckwitz fühlt sich wohl im Olympia-Dorf". Märkische Allgemeine. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Hackenbruch, Felix (21 February 2018). "Bob-Gold für die Hammerwerferin". Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "BMW IBSF World Cup, KÖNIGSSEE 16/01/2015, 2-woman Bobsleigh". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "European Championships, ST. MORITZ 06/02/2016, 2-woman Bobsleigh". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2016 Igls (AUT)" (PDF) (pdf). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.[dead link]
- ^ "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2017 Königssee (GER)" (PDF) (pdf). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Winter Olympics 2018: Shock win for Germany's 'Berlin Bob'". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Graham, Bryan Armen (21 February 2018). "Bobsleigh duo Mica McNeill and Mica Moore make most of crowdfunding". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ a b "German squad completes sweep of bobsled gold medals". Reuters. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via The Japan Times.
- ^ a b c "Schöneicherin will als Pilotin wieder nach ganz oben". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Silbernes Lorbeerblatt und Verdienstorden" (in German). Office of the President of Germany. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Lisa-Marie Buckwitz: Krönung für das perfekte Jahr". SportsBuzzer (in German). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Lisa Buckwitz: Von der Anschieberin zur Bob-Pilotin". Info Radio (in German). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "BMW IBSF World Cup". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Rasend schön: Die Olympiasportlerinnen Lisa Buckwitz und Janine Flock sind unsere neuen Coverstars". Playboy (in German). 2 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
External links
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- Lisa Buckwitz at World Athletics
- Lisa Buckwitz at IBSF
- Lisa Buckwitz at Olympics.com
- Lisa Buckwitz at Olympedia
- Lisa Buckwitz at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Lisa Buckwitz Archived 14 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine at the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (in German)
