Debora Annen

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Debora Annen
2025 IBSF WCh - monobob (44 of 61).jpg
Annen at the IBSF World Championships 2025
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 (age 23) [1]
Arth, Switzerland [2]
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
Sport Bobsleigh
Event(s)
Monobob, Two-woman
Medal record
Women's bobsleigh
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 St. MoritzMonobob
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2026 St. MoritzMonobob
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 AltenbergMonobob
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2025 AltenbergTwo-woman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2026 St. MoritzTwo-woman
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 St. MoritzTwo-woman
Junior European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 InnsbruckTwo-woman
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 WinterbergTwo-woman

Debora Annen (born 1 April 2002) is a Swiss bobsledder. She represented Switzerland at the 2026 Winter Olympics. [2] She is the daughter of Martin Annen, a three-time Olympic bronze medalist in bobsleigh. [3] Her brother Tim Annen is also a bobsledder, who was also at the 2026 Olympic games. [4]

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Career

Prior to bobsled, Annen participated in handball, and was part of the LK Zug handball team as well as Switzerland's national junior team. [5] However, she was forced to end her handball career at age 18 due to a cartilage growth on her throwing arm that caused excessive pain, despite multiple operations to try to correct. [6]

Annen moved to bobsleigh shortly after the end of her handball career, with her father Martin acting as her coach. [6] She began competing in international events in the 2023–24 season and began to find success quickly at the junior level. At the 2024 Junior World Championships, she won the gold medal in monobob and a bronze medal in two-woman. [3] [7] She also began competing in World Cup events in 2024. In 2026, Annen earned another gold medal in monobob in the Junior World Championships. [8]

Annen was selected to represent Switzerland at the 2026 Winter Olympics in both monobob and two-woman. She finished 11th in the monobob event, and tied for seventh in two-woman. [2]

Bobsleigh results

Annen at the start of heat one of the monobob event at the IBSF World Championships 2025 at Lake Placid. 2025 IBSF WCh - monobob (16 of 61).jpg
Annen at the start of heat one of the monobob event at the IBSF World Championships 2025 at Lake Placid.

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). [1]

Olympic Games

EventMonobobTwo-woman
Flag of Italy.svg 2026 Milano Cortina 11th 7th

World Championships

EventMonobobTwo-woman
Flag of Germany.svg 2024 Winterberg 13th19th
Flag of the United States.svg 2025 Lake Placid 13th14th

References

  1. 1 2 "Debora Annen". IBSF . Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Debora ANNEN". olympics.com. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Swiss Debora Annen Junior and U23 World Champion in Women's Monobob". ibsf.org. IBSF. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "IBSF preview 4-man Bobsleigh Milano Cortina 2026: Record-chasing pilots and push athletes, Caribbean flair, and medal chances for Italy". ibsf.org. IBSF. 19 February 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Debora Annen". handball.ch. Schweizerischer Handball-Verband. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  6. 1 2 Inderbitzin, Laura (15 December 2021). "Sie wechselt vom Handballfeld in den Eiskanal" (PDF). Bote der Urschweiz . Retrieved 24 February 2026.(in German)
  7. ↑ "IBSF Junior World Championships: Gold for Candrix/Kwofie in 2-woman bob, Illmann wins in 4man bob". ibsf.org. IBSF. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Annen claims Junior World Championship gold in monobob – double podium for Switzerland". olympia-bobrun.ch. Olympia Bob Run St. Moritz. 26 January 2026. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
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