World Cup #2 - Winterberg, GER - December 4-6, 2015 Extended Start List Two Man Bob Nr. Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 1 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 ECh 2012: Silver Overall WCup 2014-2015: 18 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 4 Four-man OWG 2014: 6th WCh 2013, 2015: Gold (2012: Silver) ECh 2012, 2013: Gold Overall WCup 2013-2014: 1 Overall WCup 2014-2015: 3 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 3 2 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: 2 Four-man OWG 2014: Silver WCh 2015: Bronze ECh 2015: Gold Overall WCup 2014-2015: 1 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 8 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 WCh 2013, 2015:Gold ECh 2015: Gold (2013: Bronze) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 4 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 1 Four-man OWG 2014: 10th JWCh 2013: Gold ECh 2015: Bronze Overall WCup 2014-2015: 5 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 1 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 2015: 6th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 5 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 4 Four-man OWG: - WCh 2015: Silver ECh 2015: 4th Best in Wcup: 1st (Jan15, Altenberg) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 4 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 2 Nr. Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 5 PETER, Rico SUI Bror van der Zijde Two-man 13.09.1983 Thomas Amrhein OWG 2014: 10th Simon Friedli WCh 2015: 7th ECh 2014: Silver (2015: Bronze) Best in WCup: 1st( Feb 15, Sochi) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 3 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 7 Four-man WCh 2013, 2015: 6th ECh 2015: 6th Best in WCup: 3rd (Jan 15, Altenberg) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 6 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 4 6 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 WCh 2015: 8th ECh 2015: 9th Best in WCup:8th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 12 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 9 Four-man OWG 2014: 14th JWCh 2012: Silver WCh 2015: 15th ECh 2015: 7th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 10 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 5 7 WON, Yonjong KOR Youngwoo Seo Two-man 17.06.1985 Junglin Jun OWG 2014: 18th 182 cm - 94 kg Jinsu Kim WCh 2015: 5th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 11 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 3 Four-man OWG 2014: 20th WCh 2015: 18th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 19 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 16 8 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 2013: 12th Best in WCup: 1st (Jan 14, Königssee) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 8 Overall WCup 2015-2016: Four-man OWG 2014: 29th Best in WCup: 4th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 8 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 10 9 ZALIMS, Ugis LAT Janis Jansons Two-man 19.02.1986 - Saldus Intars Dambis OWG: - 185 cm - 100 kg Davis Springis WCh 2015: 6th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 20 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 8 Four-man OWG: - WCh: - Overall WCup 2014-2015: 27 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 13 Nr. Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 10 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: 10 Roman Koshelev Four-man Maxim Belugin OWG 2014: 4th Pavel Utkin WCh 2015: 7th Ilfat Sadeev ECh 2015: Silver Best in WCup: 2nd Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 2 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 9 11 HEFTI, Beat SUI Sandro Ferrari Two-man 03.02.1978 - Schwellbrunn OWG 2014: Silver 182 cm - 100 kg WCh 2013: Silver (2015: 4th) ECh 2010, 2013, 2014: Gold Overall WCup 2012: 1st Overall WCup 2014-2015: 2 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: Four-man OWG 2014: 8th WCh 2013: 4th ECh 2013: Silver Overall WCup 2014-2015: 33 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: as push athlete: OWG 2006-Bronze, WCh 2007 -Gold Overall WCup 2000-2002: 1st 12 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: 12 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 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 13 13 KIM, Donghyun KOR Junglin Jun Two-man 12.11.1987 - Seoul Jinsu Kim OWG:- 185 cm - 80 kg Youngwoo Seo WCh 2015: 31th Overall WCup 2013-2014: 32 Overall WCup 2014-2015: 19 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 13 Four-man OWG 2014: 27th WCh:- Overall WCup 2013-2014: 30 Overall WCup 2014-2015: 32 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 20 Nr. Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 14 SPRING, Chris CAN Derek Plug Two-man 06.03.1984 - Darwin, Australia OWG 2014: 7th 180 cm - 101 kg WCh 2013: 6th Best in WCup: 3rd (Dec13, Calgary) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 14 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 21 Four-man OWG 2014: 13th WCh 2015: 8th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 9 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 15 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: 14 Four-man OWG 2014: 19th WCh 2015: 5th ECh: Overall World Cup 2014-2015: 15 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 6 16 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: 14 Four-man OWG 2010: 9th Best in WCup: 5th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 12 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 7 17 RINALDI, Rudy MON Boris Vain Two-man 18.08.1993 - Monaco OWG YOG 2012: Bronze WCh 2015: 23th JWCH 2015: 4th ECh Overall WCup 2014-2015: - Overall World Cup 2015-2016: Four-man OWG WCh ECh Overall WCup 2014-2015: - Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 18 ZAKHAROV, Nikita RUS Yuriy Chubakov Two-man 14.06.1987 - Dmitrov Kirill Antukh OWG 189 cm - 98 kg Ilvir Huzin WCh JWCh 2012: Silver Overall WCup 2014-2015: 17 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: Four-man OWG 2014: 15th WCh 2012: 11th Best in WCup: 10th (Dez13, Lake Placid) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 11 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: Nr. Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 19 RADJENOVIC, Vuk SRB Aleksandar Bundalo Two-man 7.06.1983 - Kljuc Petar Djuric OWG 187 cm - 106 kg Aleksander Krajisnik WCh 2015: 30th ECh Best in Wcup: 16th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 31 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: Four-man OWG 2010: 18th WCh ECh Best in Wcup: 11th (Jan13, Igls) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 23 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 20 COSTERG, Loic F RA Romain Heinrich Two-man 09.05.1987 - Moutiers Vincent Ricard OWG 2014: 20th 185 cm - 93 kg Jeremie Boutherin WCh 2015: 20th JWCh 2012: 5th ECh 2015: 8th Best in Wcup: 8th (Jan 2013,Altenberg) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 30 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: Four-man OWG 2014: 17th WCh 2015: 21st JWCh 2012: 10th ECh 2015: Best in Wcup: 10th (Jan 2013,Altenberg) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 26 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 21 STULNEV, Alexey RUS Nikolai Gzendilov Two-man 12.12.1987 - Pavlovsk Maxim Mokrousov OWG: - 188 cm - 98 kg Roman Koshelev WCh 2015: 11th JWCh 2012: Silver Overall WCup 2014-2015: 14 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 18 Four-man OWG: - WCh 2015: 11th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 13 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 12 22 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: 19 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 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 14 Nr. Name Nation Push athletes team Ergebnisse/Results 23 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 ECh 2015: 17th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 24 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 20 Four-man OWG 2014: 21th ECh 2015: 8th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 15 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: 11 25 VRBA, Jan CZE Jakub Havlin Two-man 28.01.1982 - Jablonec nad Nisou Dominik Suchy OWG 2014: 24th 186 cm - 90 kg Jakub Nosek WCh 2013: 16th Jan Stoklaska ECh 2015: 15th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 26 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 22 Four-man OWG 2014: 16th WCh 2015: 10th ECh 2015: 9th Best in WCup: 5th (Jan13, Altenberg) Overall WCup 2014-2015: 17 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 15 26 BIDDULPH, Oliver GBR Jordan Smallin Two-man 12.01.1993 - Taunton Justin Oro-Campos OWG 185 cm - 86 kg Judah Simpson YOG 2012: 5th Ashley Watson WCh Overall WCup 2014-2015: 35 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 23 Four-man OWG WCh 2015: 28th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 24 Overall WCup 2015-2016: 18 27 MATOUSEK, Radek CZE Jaroslav Kopriva Two-man 25.08.1989 David Egydy OWG 183 cm - 98 kg Jan Sindelar WCh ECh Overall WCup 2014-2015: - Overall WCup 2015-2016: Four-man OWG WCh ECh Overall WCup 2014-2015: - Overall WCup 2015-2016: 28 GRIGORE, Dorin ROU Florin Craicun Two-man 01.08.1985 - Bucuresti Gabriel Salajan OWG 180 cm - 90 kg Ionel Cojan WCh 2015: 32th ECh 2015: 20th Overall WCup 2014-2015: 28 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: Four-man OWG WCh Overall WCup 2014-2015: 22 Overall World Cup 2015-2016: Nr.