Marion Thees
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Birth name | Marion Trott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 5 July 1984 Eisenach, Germany | (age 39)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marion Thees (born Marion Trott on 5 July 1984 in Eisenach) is a German retired skeleton racer who has competed since 2001. She won two golds at the 2009 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York, earning them in the women's skeleton and mixed team events.
In 2009, Thees was second in the European Championships in St. Moritz. She won the Skeleton World Cup in 2008–09.
Thees qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics where she finished eighth.
In September 2014 Thees announced via social media that she was retiring from competition and would be embarking on a career as a coach.[1]
References
- ^ "Skeleton pilot Marion Thees ends her career". Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobagganing. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marion Thees.
- Marion Thees at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
- Marion Trott (-Thees) at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1984 births
- German skeleton racers
- Female skeleton racers
- Living people
- Olympic skeleton racers of Germany
- Skeleton racers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- People from Eisenach
- Sportspeople from Thuringia
- German winter sports biography stubs
- Skeleton racing biography stubs