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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1990 Berchtesgaden, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Two-man, Four-man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BC Stuttgart Solitude | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Lochner (born 15 October 1990) is a German bobsledder who competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics [1] [2] [3] and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing where he won two silver medals.
All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). [4]
| Event | Two-man | Four-man |
|---|---|---|
 2018 Pyeongchang | 5th | 8th |
 2022 Beijing | 2nd | 2nd |
| Event | Two-man | Four-man | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
 2015 Winterberg | 2nd [a] | – | – |
 2016 Innsbruck | 2nd | 6th | 1st |
| 2017 Königssee | 3rd | 1st [b] | 1st |
 2019 Whistler | 8th | 9th | 1st |
| 2020 Altenberg | 2nd | 2nd | — |
| 2021 Altenberg | 2nd | 3rd | — |
 2023 St. Moritz | 1st | 4th | — |
| 2024 Winterberg | 3rd | 2nd | — |
| Season | Place | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | 15th | 680 |  – |  – |  – | – |  5 |  8 |  5 |  7 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | 30th | 152 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | 6th | 1243 | 4 | – | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 |  3 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | 6th | 1240 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | 10th | 988 |  – | – | DNF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | 15th | 660 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | 2nd | 2453 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2021–22 | 4th | 1512 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | — | |||||
| 2022–23 | 1st | 1742 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | |||||
| 2023–24 | 2nd | 1512 |  1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |  1 | 4 | – | 2 | — | |||||
| 2024–25 | 2nd | 645 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | — | |||||
| Season | Place | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 6th | 1243 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | dsq | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | 1st | 1652 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | 3rd | 1605 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 2nd | 1649 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | 4th | 768 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | 5th | 1402 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23 | 3rd | 1570 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | 3rd | 1515 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | 2nd | 210 | 2 |
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