Extended Start List Four Man Bob, run 1 Bib Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 1 PETER, Rico SUI Bror van der Zijde Two-man 13.09.1983 Thomas Amrhein OWG 2014: 10th Simon Friedli WCh 2015: 7th Fabio Badraun ECh 2014: Silver (2015: Bronze) Best in WCup: 1st( Feb 15, Sochi) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 3 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 5 Four-man WCh 2013, 2015: 6th ECh 2015: 6th Best in WCup: 3rd Works as truck driver for a Overall WCup 2014-2015: 6 landscape gardener in summer Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 3 Favourite athlete is Swiss Tennis player Roger Federer 2 ARNDT, Maximilian GER Kevin Kuske Two-man 23.07.1987, Suhl Kevin Korona OWG 2014: 15th 180 cm - 93 kg Ben Heber WCh 2012: Bronze Martin Putze ECh 2012: Silver Overall WCup 2014-2015: 18 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 6 Four-man OWG 2014: 6th WCh 2013, 2015: Gold (2012: Silver) ECh 2012, 2013: Gold Overall WCup 2013-2014: 1 Former luge athlete Overall WCup 2014-2015: 3 German Federal Police Overall WCup 2015-2016: 1 Defending World Champion in Four Man Bob 3 FRIEDRICH, Francesco GER Thorsten Margis Two-man 02.05.1990 - Pirna Martin Putze OWG 2014: 8th 183 cm - 92 kg Jannis Bäcker JWCh 2011, 2013: Gold Candy Bauer WCh 2013, 2015, 2016:Gold ECh 2015: Gold (2013: Bronze) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 4 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 10 Four-man OWG 2014: 10th JWCh 2013: Gold ECh 2015: Bronze Winning the 2013 World Overall WCup 2014-2015: 5 Championships , he became the Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 2 youngest World Champion ever in Two Man Bob (22 Years, 270 days) Bib Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 4 WALTHER, Nico GER Marko Hübenbecker Two-man 07.06.1990 - Freital Eric Franke OWG: - 187 cm - 95 kg Christian Poser WCh 2015: 10th JWCh 2014: Gold ECh 2016: Silver Overall WCup 2014-2015: 5 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 2 Four-man OWG: - WCh 2015: Silver was 2009 and 2010 Junior World ECh 2015: 4th Champion in luge (Doubles) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 4 Childhood hero: German soccer Overall WCup 2015-2016: 4 goalkeeper Oliver Kahn Star-Wars-Fan 5 KASJANOV, Alexander RUS Aleksei Pushkarev Two-man 30.09.1983 - Bratsk Dmitry Trunenkov OWG 2014: 4th 188 cm - 100 kg Vasiliy Kondratenko WCh 2015: 7th Ilvir Huzin JWCh 2008: Bronze Yuri Chubakov ECh 2015: 4th Kirill Antukh Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 7 Maxim Mokrousov Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 8 Roman Koshelev Four-man Maxim Belugin OWG 2014: 4th Pavel Utkin WCh 2015: 7th Ilfat Sadeev ECh 2015: Silver One of his coaches is Victor Ilya Malykh Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 16, Park City 1) Kneyb, two times Russian Luge Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 2 Olympian Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 5 Born in Bratsk - like Olympic Champion Alexander Zubkov 6 KRIPPS, Justin CAN Joshua Kirkpatraick Two-man 06.01.1987 - Na'alehu, Hawaii Ben Coakwell OWG 2014: 6th 183 cm - 96 kg Alexander Kopacz WCh 2016: 8th Derek Plug Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 14, Königssee) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 8 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 9 Four-man OWG 2014: 29th Best in WCup: 3rd (Jan 16, Lake Placid) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 8 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 6 Born in Na'alehu, Hawaii, the most southern point of the USA Once named his sleds Pele+Poliahu (Hawaiian Gods of fire+ice) 7 STULNEV, Alexey RUS Maxim Belugin Two-man 12.12.1987 - Pavlovsk Kirill Antukh OWG: - 188 cm - 98 kg Nikolai Gzendilov WCh 2015: 11th Maxim Mokrousov JWCh 2012: Silver Roman Koshelev Overall WCup 2014-2015: 14 Ilfat Sadeev Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 13 Four-man OWG: - WCh 2015: 11th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 13 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 7 Full time athlete Bib Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 8 DEEN, Lamin GBR Joel Fearon Two-man 17.06.1981 - London John Baines OWG 2014: 23rd 182 cm - 105 kg Andrew Matthews WCh 2015: 14th ECh: Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 24 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 26 Four-man OWG 2014: 19th WCh 2015: 5th ECh: Best in Wcup: 4th (Jan 16, Lake Placid) Former Queens Guardsman, stood outside Buckingham Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 15 Palace, St. James Palace and the Overall WCup 2015-2016: 8 Tower of London Boxing, Table Tennis, Basketball 9 MAIER, Benjamin AUT Marco Rangl Two-man 10.04.1994 - Hall in Tirol Stefan Laussegger OWG 2014: 22th 182 cm - 93 kg Angel Somov YOG 2012: Silver Markus Sammer JWCh 2013: 7th Danut Moldovan ECh 2015: 17th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 24 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 19 Four-man OWG 2014: 21th JWCh 2016: Silver Father Manfred Maier is Austrian ECh 2016: Silver National Coach Overall WCup 2014-2015: 15 Brothers are skeleton athletes in Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 17 AUT-Team, Samuel competes at 2016 Youth Olympic Winter Games 10 KIBERMANIS, Oskars LAT Vairis Leiboms Two-man 04.04.1993 - Valmiera Helvijs Lusis OWG 2014: 16th 186 cm - 92 kg Raivis Zirups JWCh 2012: Bronze Janis Jansons WCh 2015: 8th ECh 2015: 9th Best in WCup:6th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 12 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 14 Four-man OWG 2014: 14th JWCh 2012: Silver Former decathlon athlete WCh 2015: 15th Fan of AC/DC ECh 2015: 7th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 10 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 9 Bib Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 11 BERTAZZO, Simone ITA Francesco Costa Two-man 19.08.1982 - Tai di Cadore Simone Fontana OWG 2006: 9th 184 cm - 98 kg Costantino Ughi WCh 2007: Bronze Best in WCup: 1st (Dec. 10 Lake Placid, Feb 11 Cesana) Overall WCup 2010-2011: 3 Overall WCup 2014-2015: 21 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 15 Four-man OWG 2010: 9th Best in WCup: 5th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 12 Carabinieri Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 10 His father also used to compete for Italy Sled build by Ferrari 12 ZAKHAROV, Nikita RUS Yuriy Chubakov Two-man 14.06.1987 - Dmitrov Kirill Antukh OWG 189 cm - 98 kg Ilvir Huzin WCh Yury Selikhov JWCh 2012: Silver Petr Moiisev Overall WCup 2014-2015: 17 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 18 Four-man OWG 2014: 15th WCh 2012: 11th Best in WCup: 10th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 11 Full time athlete Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 14 Former luger, multiple Russian Champion 13 LOCHNER, Johannes GER Joshua Bluhm Two-man 15.10.1990 - Berchtesgaden OWG 190 cm - 95 kg JWCh 2016: Gold WCh 2015: Silver (tied with Oskars Melbardis) Best in WCup: 5th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 15 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: - Four-man OWG WCh His uncle is Rudy Lochner, 1991 JWCh 2016: Gold (2014: Silver) World Champion and 1992 OWG Overall WCup 2014-2015: silver medallist. Overall World Cup 2015-2016: - Won a surprise silver medal at 2015 WCh Bib Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 14 HOLCOMB, Steven USA Adrian Adams Two-man 14.04.1980 - Oakley James Reed OWG 2014: Bronze 178 cm - 91 kg Carlo Valdes WCh 2012: Gold Casey Wickline Overall WCup 2007, 2014: 1st Sam Michener Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 6 Nic Taylor Overall WCup 2015-2016: 7 Hakeem Adbul-Saboor Four-man Frank Del Duca OWG 2010: Gold (2014: Bronze) Austin Landis WCh 2009, 2012: Gold Samuel McGuffie Overall WCup 2010: 1st Evan Weinstock. Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 7 Suffered from Keratoconus, an Overall WCup 2015-2016: 11 eye desease. Nearly went blind a few years ago. Wrote a book about it: "But now I see" 15 CUNNINGHAM, Nick USA Adrian Adams James Reed Two-man 08.05.1985 - Monterey Carlo Valdes OWG 2014: 13 177 cm - 95 kg Casey Wickline WCh 2015: 12th Sam Michener Best in WCup: 2nd Nic Taylor Overall WCup 2014-2015: 9 Hakeem Adbul-Saboor Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 12 Frank Del Duca Four-man Austin Landis OWG 2014: 12th Sam McGuffie WCh 2015: 14th Evan Weinstock Best in WCup: 3rd (Nov '12, Lake Placid) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 12 Born in California Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 12 His dream was to be a racecar driver Has a degree in Communications 16 ZALIMS, Ugis LAT Janis Jansons Two-man 19.02.1986 - Saldus Intars Dambis OWG: - 185 cm - 100 kg Davis Springis WCh 2015: 6th Raivis Zirups Overall WCup 2014-2015: 20 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 3 Four-man OWG: - WCh: - Best in WCup: 5th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 27 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 13 Finished second at his World Cup debut in St. Moritz last season. Firefighter Former sports: tug-of-war Bib Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 17 JACKSON, John James GBR Bradley Hall Two-man 11.04.1977 - Lympstone Bruce Tasker OWG 2014: 183 cm - 106 kg Ben Simons WCh ECh: Overall World Cup 2014-2015: - Overall WCup 2015-2016: - Four-man OWG 2014: 5th WCh 2013: 5th ECh 2014: Silver Overall World Cup 2014-2015: - His wife is former British Overall WCup 2015-2016: 19 bobsleigh pilot Paula Walker. The couple has a one-year-old daughter and is expecting twins. 18 COSTERG, Loic F RA Vincent Castell Two-man 09.05.1987 - Moutiers Romain Heinrich OWG 2014: 20th 185 cm - 93 kg Vincent Ricard WCh 2015: 20th Jeremie Boutherin JWCh 2012: 5th Yannis Pujar ECh 2015: 8th Best in Wcup: 8th (Jan 2013,Altenberg) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 30 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 29 Four-man OWG 2014: 17th Forestry technician WCh 2015: 21st Celebrated the 1st French 4Man JWCh 2012: 10th victory in European Cup Best in Wcup: 10th (Jan 2013,Altenberg) (Jan2015) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 26 Coach: Bruno Mingeon, the Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 22 19 MELBARDIS, Oskars LAT Daumants Dreiskens Two-man 16.02.1988 - Valmiera Arvis Vilkaste OWG 2014: 5th 190 cm - 98 kg Janis Strenga WCh 2015: Silver (tied with Johannes Lochner) ECh 2015: Silver Overall WCup 2014-2015: 1 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 4 Four-man OWG 2014: Silver WCh 2015: Bronze ECh 2015: Gold Overall WCup 2014-2015: 1 Former decathlon athlete Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 15 Loves Latvian food and holidays at Latvian lakes First Olympic medal and Overall World Cup trophys for Latvia 20 SPRING, Chris CAN Derek Plug Two-man 06.03.1984 - Darwin, Australia Joshua Kirkpatrick OWG 2014: 7th 180 cm - 101 kg Lascelles Brown WCh 2013: 6th Samuel Giguere Best in WCup: 3rd (Dec13, Calgary) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 14 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 11 Four-man OWG 2014: 13th WCh 2015: 8th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 9 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 20 Born in Australia, swa Canadian Bobsleigh Championships while working in Calgary das was hooked.