Francesco Friedrich

Francesco Friedrich
	Friedrich in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	2 May 1990 (age 34); Pirna, East Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Bobsleigh
Event(s)	Two-man, Four-man
Club	SC Oberbärenburg
Turned pro	2006
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Last updated December 17, 2024

Francesco Friedrich (born 2 May 1990) is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and his brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal in the two-man competition.^[3] Friedrich also won gold outright in the four-man event alongside Margis, Candy Bauer and Martin Grothkopp, making Friedrich the fifth German pilot to win two-man and four-man golds at the same Games, after Andreas Ostler in 1952, Meinhard Nehmer in 1976, Wolfgang Hoppe in 1984 and André Lange in 2006.^[4] At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Friedrich and Margis again won the gold medal with both sleighs. Friedrich previously competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the doubles and fours and finished in eighth and tenth place, respectively.^[2]

Career results

Olympic Games

Event	Two-man	Four-man
Representing Germany
2014 Sochi	6th^[a]	8th^[a]
2018 Pyeongchang	1st^[b]	1st
2022 Beijing	1st	1st

1 2 Improved 2 ranks after disqualification of Russian bobs
↑ Shared gold with Justin Kripps.

World Championships

Event	Two-man	Four-man	Team
Representing Germany
2011 Königssee	11th	–	1st
2012 Lake Placid	4th	9th	–
2013 St. Moritz	1st	13th	2nd
2015 Winterberg	1st	4th	1st
2016 Innsbruck	1st	2nd	–
2017 Königssee	1st	1st^[a]	–
2019 Whistler	1st	1st	–
2020 Altenberg	1st	1st
2021 Altenberg	1st	1st
2023 St. Moritz	2nd	1st
2024 Winterberg	1st	1st

↑ Shared gold with Johannes Lochner.

Bobsleigh World Cup

Two-man

Season	Place	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
2011–12	27th	304	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	11	7	—	—	—	—
2012–13	6th	1369	3	3	3	–	–	1	3	3	10	—	—	—
2013–14	3rd	1400	6	3	7	9	5	3	4	12	—	—	—	—
2014–15	4th	1429	1	2	5	7	4	1	1	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	6th	1275	1	1	1	8	DNF	16	10	3	—	—	—	—
2016–17	1st	1545	1	—	1	1	2	2	1	1	—	—	—	—
2017–18	2nd	1504	9	9	13	2	1	2	2	1	—	—	—	—
2018–19	1st	1800	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—
2019–20	1st	1530	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	—	—	—	—	—
2020–21	1st	2685	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2021–22	1st	1703	1	1	1	1	12	1	1	1	—	—	—	—
2022–23	2nd	1656	1	1	2	6	3	3	2	2	—	—	—	—
2023–24	1st	1675	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	—
2024–25	1st	650	1	1	3						—

Four-man

Season	Place	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
2011–12	27th	272	–	–	–	–	–	10	–	12	—
2012–13	19th	624	5	13	10	–	–	–	–	–	6
2013–14	7th	1400	13	15	14	2	2	11	9	5	—
2014–15	5th	1310	14	2	6	4	2	3	2	—	—
2015–16	2nd	1570	1	1	4	6	7	4	4	3	—
2016–17	7th	1224	12	—	3	5	3	5	4	11	—
2017–18	2nd	1468	9	4	12	3	3	2	2	6	—
2018–19	1st	1727	2	1	1	3	1	1	4	1	—
2019–20	1st	1686	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	5	—
2020–21	1st	900	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	1st	1785	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	—
2022–23	1st	1737	1	1	2	1	4	2	1	1	—
2023–24	1st	1745	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	—
2024–25	1st	225	1

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References

1 2 3 4 "Francesco Friedrich". IBSF . Retrieved 4 December 2022.
1 2 Francesco Friedrich Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
↑ "Canada's Kripps, Kopacz tie Germany for 2-man bobsleigh gold". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
↑ "Germany's Francesco Friedrich wins four-man bobsledding gold". BT Sport ESPN . 25 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

External links

Francesco Friedrich at IBSF

Francesco Friedrich at Olympics.com

Francesco Friedrich at Olympedia

Francesco Friedrich at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
Francesco Friedrich at the Bob und Schlittenverband Deutschland (in German)

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[russia14-5] 1 2 Improved 2 ranks after disqualification of Russian bobs

[kripps-6] Shared gold with Justin Kripps.

[lochner-7] Shared gold with Johannes Lochner.

[FIBTprofile-1] 1 2 3 4 "Francesco Friedrich". IBSF . Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[sr-2] 1 2 Francesco Friedrich Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com

[3] "Canada's Kripps, Kopacz tie Germany for 2-man bobsleigh gold". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[4] "Germany's Francesco Friedrich wins four-man bobsledding gold". BT Sport ESPN . 25 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

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