Thorsten Margis
![]() Thorsten Margis in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bad Honnef, West Germany | 14 August 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Two-man, Four-man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SV Halle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thorsten Margis (born 14 August 1989) is a German bobsledder.[1]
Career
[edit]Margis competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Germany. He teamed with driver Francesco Friedrich, Gregor Bermbach and Jannis Bäcker in the Germany-2 sled in the four-man event, finishing 10th.[2][3]
As of April 2014, his best showing at the World Championships is 4th, in the 2013 team event, with his best finish in an Olympic discipline 13th in the 2013 four-man event.[1]
Margis made his World Cup debut in January 2013. As of April 2014, he has three World Cup podium finishes, with his best result being a pair of silver medals in 2013–14.[1]
Margis and Francesco Friedrich tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[4]
World Cup Podiums
[edit]Date | Location | Rank | Event | Teammates |
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6 January 2013 | Altenberg | ![]() |
Four-man | Thomas Florschütz Andreas Bredau Kevin Kuske |
4 January 2014 | Winterberg | ![]() |
Four-man | Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker Gregor Bermbach |
5 January 2014 | Winterberg | ![]() |
Four-man | Francesco Friedrich Jannis Bäcker Gregor Bermbach |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FIBT Profile Archived 27 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sports Reference Profile". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Thorsten Margis". Sochi2014.com. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. 19 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Canada's Kripps, Kopacz tie Germany for 2-man bobsleigh gold". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Thorsten Margis at World Athletics
- Thorsten Margis at IBSF
- Thorsten Margis at Olympics.com
- Thorsten Margis at Olympedia
- Thorsten Margis at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Thorsten Margis at the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation (in German)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Olympic bobsledders for Germany
- People from Bad Honnef
- Sportspeople from Cologne (region)
- Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- German male bobsledders
- Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- German bobsleigh biography stubs