IBSF European Championships 2023

The 2023 IBSF European Championships were held from 20 to 22 January 2023 in Altenberg, Germany.[1]

2023 European Championships
VenueAltenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track
LocationGermany Altenberg
Dates20–22 January

With four gold medals, Germany was the top nation at the European championships as in the years before, and with eleven from eighteen medals, dominated the championships. However, Great Britain denied the Germans two gold medals in the male events, won on the first and the last event of the championships. This continued a pattern for the season of close competition on the male side between Germany and Great Britain, which would continue in the IBSF World Championships 2023, held later that month. Skeleton racer Matt Weston won his first international title in a competition where Great Britain took three of the first five positions. It was the first British medal in this competition since 2015. Two days later Brad Hall and his crew celebrated a first-ever European bobsleigh championship for the British team.[2] After both runs Hall was nine hundredths of a second quicker than reigning world and Olympic champion in both bobsleighs Francesco Friedrich. Friedrich, who was still handicapped by a hamstring injury also failed to defend his title in the two-man sled and won the bronce medal.[3]

Schedule

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Six events were held.[4]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany*42511
2  Great Britain2002
3  Switzerland0213
4  Austria0101
  Romania0101
Totals (5 entries)66618

Skeleton

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[5] Matt Weston
  Great Britain
1:54.16 Christopher Grotheer
  Germany
1:54.51 Axel Jungk
  Germany
1:54.54
Women[6] Tina Hermann
  Germany
1:56.52 Janine Flock
  Austria
1:57.14 Susanne Kreher
  Germany
1:57.15

Bobsleigh

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's Monobob[7] Laura Nolte
  Germany
2:01.13 Andreea Grecu
  Romania
2:02.45 Kim Kalicki
  Germany
2:02.53
Two-woman[8]   Germany
Laura Nolte
Neele Schuten
1:54.81   Switzerland
Melanie Hasler
Nadja Pasternack
1:55.36   Germany
Kim Kalicki
Anabel Galander
1:55.42
Two-man[9]   Germany
Johannes Lochner
Erec Bruckert
1:51.50   Switzerland
Michael Vogt
Sandro Michel
1:51.55   Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller
1:51.88
Four-man[10]   Great Britain
Brad Hall
Arran Gulliver
Taylor Lawrence
Greg Cackett
1:49.32   Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Felix Straub
1:49.41   Switzerland
Michael Vogt
Cyril Bieri
Alain Knuser
Sandro Michel
1:49.54

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Preview: BMW IBSF World Cup and 2023 European Championships in Altenberg". 2023-01-18. Archived from the original on 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  2. ^ "GB win first European bobsleigh gold with victory in four-man event". 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  3. ^ "Friedrich im Viererbob zu EM-Silber" (in German). 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  4. ^ Races & Results Archived 2023-01-19 at the Wayback Machine on ibsf.org
  5. ^ "Men's Skeleton – Official Results" (PDF). IBSF. 20 January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's Skeleton – Official Results" (PDF). IBSF. 20 January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Women's Monobob – Official Results" (PDF). IBSF. 21 January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ^ "2-woman Bobsleigh – Official Results" (PDF). IBSF. 22 January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  9. ^ "2-man Bobsleigh – Official Results" (PDF). IBSF. 21 January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ^ "4-man Bobsleigh – Official Results" (PDF). IBSF. 22 January 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.