Pierre Lueders
 Lueders at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin |
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| Full name | Pierre Lueders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Canadian |
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| Born | 26 September 1970 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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| Residence | Calgary, Alberta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada |
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| Sport |  Bobsleigh |
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| Retired | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pierre Fritz Lueders (born 26 September 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian bobsledder who competed from 1990 to 2010. He piloted both two-man and four-man bobsleigh, retiring after the 2010 Winter Olympics. In June 2010, he was named coach of the Canadian development bobsleigh team.
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[edit] Biography
Lueders grew up in Edmonton and went to Winterburn School for elementary and junior high. He also attended Jasper Place High School for grades 10 through 12.
[edit] Sports career
A five-time olympian, Lueders is the most decorated slider in Canadian history. He was the pilot of the Canadian two-man bobsleigh team, winner of the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics (shared with Italy). This was only Canada's second ever medal in bobsleigh. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Lueders placed a disappointing fifth place finish in two-man, and ninth in four-man, causing him to take the 2002-03 season off in four-man.
Lueders also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 2004, 2005), seven silvers (Two-man: 1995, 1996, 2003; Four-man: 2007) and two bronzes (Four-man: 1999, 2005).
In the Bobsleigh World Cup, Lueders won the combined men's event four times (1993-4, 1994-5, 1997-8, 2005-6), the two-man event six times (1993-4, 1994-5, 1996-7, 1997-8, 2002-3, 2005-6), and the four-man event once (1994-5). Pierre Lueders has won 85 career medals in the Bobsleigh World Cup.[1]
In 2006, he turned down the offer to carry the Canadian flag during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. During the two-man event he and his brakeman Lascelles Brown won silver despite having to contend with heavy snowfall.
Lueders and his brakeman Justin Kripps made the first run down the Whistler Sliding Centre, a facility of the 2010 Winter Olympics, on 19 December 2007. Turn 7 at the Sliding Centre, "Lueders Loop", is named in his honor after he crashed out his sled during the track's homologation in March 2008.
In 2010, he finished 5th in the two-man bobsleigh race. He finish 5th in the four-man bobsleigh. Lueders retired after the games and was named as a development bobsleigh coach.
[edit] Personal life
As of 2009, Lueders resides in Calgary, Alberta with his wife, Sandra, and two daughters, Zoe and Maya. He can be seen in some commercials as well.
[edit] Results
[edit] World Cup Championships
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1993-94 | Two-man |
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1993-94 | Combined |
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1994-95 | Two-man |
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1994-95 | Four-man |
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1994-95 | Combined |
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1996-97 | Two-man |
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1997-98 | Combined |
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1997-98 | Two-man |
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2002-03 | Two-man |
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2005-06 | Combined |
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2005-06 | Two-man |
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1995-96 | Combined |
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1995-96 | Two-man |
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2001-02 | Two-man |
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2003-04 | Combined |
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2003-04 | Two-man |
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2004-05 | Two-man |
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2006–07 | Two-man |
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2005-06 | Four-man |
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2006–07 | Combined |
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1996-97 | Combined |
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1998-99 | Combined |
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1998-99 | Two-man |
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1999-00 | Combined |
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1999-00 | Four-man |
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2004-05 | Combined |
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2004-05 | Four-man |
[edit] References
- ^ Jurmain, Jeff (18 November 2008). "Lueders Leads Canada into Bobsleigh World Cup Season". Canadian Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.ca/en/news/lueders-leads-canada-bobsleigh-world-cup-season/. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
[edit] External links
- Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964
- Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931
- Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930
- DatabaseOlympics.com profile
- Gibson, De-La-Hunty, Lueders named Canadian coaches. at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (1 July 2010 article accessed 2 July 2010.)
- Pierre Lueders at the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing
- List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007
- List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
- List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
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- 1970 births
- Sportspeople from Alberta
- Bobsledders at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Canadian bobsledders
- Living people
- Olympic bobsledders of Canada
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- People from Edmonton
- Canadian people of German descent
- Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
