Kim Kalicki

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Kim Kalicki
2020-02-22 Medal Ceremony 2-woman bobsleigh (Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships Altenberg 2020) by Sandro Halank-026.jpg
Kalicki in 2020
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1997-06-27) 27 June 1997 (age 27) [1]
Wiesbaden, Germany
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [2]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
Sport Bobsleigh
EventTwo-women
ClubTuS Eintracht Wiesbaden 1846
Medal record
Women's bobsleigh
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 St. Moritz Two-woman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Alternberg Two-women
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Alternberg Two-woman
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Winterberg Two-woman
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 St. Moritz Two-woman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Winterberg Two-woman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Sigulda Two-woman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Lillehammer Two-woman
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Altenberg Monobob
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 AltenbergTwo-woman

Kim Kalicki (born 27 June 1997) is a German bobsledder [3] who competes for TuS Eintracht Wiesbaden 1846. [3] [1] [2] She also representing the Germany national team since 2015 and won the silver medal in the two-woman bobsleigh event at the Bobsleigh World Championships in 2020 and 2021 with Kira Lipperheide and Ann-Christin Strack, respectively. [4]

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Career

Former track and field athlete Kim Kalicki switched into bobsleigh [5] at the age of 17. She made her debut in the European Bobsleigh Cup on the track in Winterberg in November, 2015 and took second place behind Sabrina Duljevic with her brakewoman Ann-Christin Strack. At the end of the 2015/16 season, she finished sixth overall in the European Bobsleigh Cup with 438 points. She qualified that season for the 2016 Junior Bobsleigh World Championships, which were held in Winterberg. She competed again together with Ann-Christin Strack and secured the silver medal behind the German team, consisting of Stephanie Schneider and Lisa Buckwitz.

In 2016/17 season, Kim Kalicki competed only one race in the European Cup competition in Winterberg on January 26, 2017. In this competition she took fifth place together with her brakewoman Lisa Sophie Gericke. They also competed at the 2017 Junior World Championships on the track in Winterberg, where she took third place behind British Mica Mcneill and compatriot Anna Köhler's team.

In 2017/18 season, Kim Kalicki and her brakewoman Lisa Sophie Gericke took consecutive third places in the European Cup competitions in Lillehammer on November 11 and 12, 2017. On January 12, 2018, with her brakewoman Sarah Noll, she was again able to achieve a podium finish in the European Cup on the course in Winterberg, behind Christin Senkel's team. At the end of the season she finished sixth in the overall standings of the European Cup with 410 points. This season she also competed at the Junior Bobsleigh World Championships and took third place with her brakewoman Lena Zelichowski behind the Romanian bobsled by Andreea Grecu and the German bobsled by Laura Nolte.

In 2018/19 season, she completed her first race of the season on January 10, 2019, in Innsbruck and, won the bobsleigh European Cup for the first time with her brakewoman Kira Lipperheide. The day after, they also won the second competition on the Olympic ice track in Igls. They also competed together at the 2019 World Junior Championships, finishing third place in the normal competition behind Austrian Katrin Beierl and Romanian Andreea Grecu's bobsleigh.

Before the 2019/20 season, Kim Kalicki took part in the German championship with Viktoria Dönicke in Oberhof and they secured second place behind Laura Nolte'steam. [6] She made her debut world cup race on December 7, 2019, in Lake Placid with her brakewoman Vanessa Mark and they were able to go straight to the podium finish behind American Kaillie Humphries and the bobsleigh of the German's Stephanie Schneider.

Career results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). [1] [2] [7]

Olympic Games

EventTwo-womanMonobob
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 4th

World Championships

EventTwo-womanMonobob
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Germany.svg 2020 Altenberg 2nd
Flag of Germany.svg 2021 Altenberg 2nd6th
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2023 St. Moritz 1st5th
Flag of Germany.svg 2024 Winterberg 3rd12th

World Cup results

Two-woman

Season12345678PointsPlace
2019–20 Flag of United States.svg
3
Flag of United States.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of France.svg
Flag of Austria.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
41016th
2020–21 Flag of Latvia.svg
3
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
6
14312nd
2021–22 Flag of Austria.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
4
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
1
14723rd
2022–23 Flag of Canada.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
1
Flag of United States.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
4
Flag of Austria.svg
2
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
16722nd
2023–24 Flag of France.svg
2
Flag of Austria.svg
2
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
7
Flag of Norway.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
1
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
2
Flag of United States.svg
1
16832nd
2024–25 Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
1
Flag of Austria.svg
2
10452nd

Monobob

Season12345678PointsPlace
2022–23 Flag of Canada.svg
5
Flag of United States.svg
6
Flag of United States.svg
5
Flag of Germany.svg
3
Flag of Germany.svg
7
Flag of Germany.svg
7
Flag of Austria.svg
8
Flag of Latvia.svg
2
14504th
2023–24 Flag of France.svg
12
Flag of Austria.svg
dns
Flag of Austria.svg
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
6
Flag of Norway.svg
Flag of Latvia.svg
Flag of Germany.svg
Flag of United States.svg
30418th
2024–25 Flag of Germany.svg
4
Flag of Latvia.svg
4
Flag of Germany.svg
8
Flag of Austria.svg
8
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
6
Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg
5
10645th

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kim Kalicki". ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation . Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kim Kalicki". bsd-portal.de (in German). German Bobsleigh Luge, and Skeleton Federation . Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Kim Kalicki". teamdeutschland.de. Team Deutschland . Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  4. IBSF World Championships 2020 results
  5. "BSD-Serie: Die Jungen Wilden – Kim Kalicki". Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. "German Championshipd results - 2019" (PDF). Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. "Kim Kalicki". olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 2 February 2023.