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MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES Skeleton MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES Skeleton MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – WOMEN‘S SKELETON MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – WOMEN‘S SKELETON BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – WOMEN‘S SKELETON MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – WOMEN‘S SKELETON BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – WOMEN‘S SKELETON MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – WOMEN‘S SKELETON BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – WOMEN‘S SKELETON MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – WOMEN‘S SKELETON BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) Medal Count Most successful athletes Women‘s Skeleton World Championships/ Erfolgreichste Skeleton-Athletinnen WM Maya Pedersen (SUI): 2 Gold – 1 Silver Marion Thees (GER): 2 Gold Noelle Pikus-Pace (USA): 1 Gold – 2 Silver Katie Uhlaender (USA): 1 Gold – 1 Silver – 1 Bronze MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) Official World Championships Hashtag: #BMWworlds17 More information to bobsleigh and skeleton sport, the IBSF rules, the new draw procedure and the tracks you can find at our Media Guide - Event Information http://www.ibsf.org/en/media-contacts MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN MEDIA GUIDE ATHLETES – SKELETON MEN BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) BMW IBSF World Championships 2017 – Königssee (GER) Most successful athletes Men‘s Skeleton World Championships/ Erfolgreichste Skeleton-Athleten WM Martins Dukurs (LAT): 4 Gold – 1 Silver Gregor Stähli (SUI): 3 Gold – 3 Silver – 2 Bronze Jeff Pain (CAN): 2 Gold – 1 Silver Ryan Davenport (CAN): 2 Gold – 1 Bronze Medal Count.
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