Francesco Friedrich

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. 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. 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.

Francesco Friedrich
Friedrich in 2022
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990
Pirna, East Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportBobsleigh
Event(s)Two-man, Four-man
ClubSC Oberbärenburg
Turned pro2006
Medal record
Men's bobsleigh
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTwo-man
2018 PyeongchangFour-man
2022 BeijingTwo-man
2022 BeijingFour-man
World Championships
2011 KönigsseeMixed team
2013 St. MoritzTwo-man
2015 WinterbergTwo-man
2015 WinterbergMixed team
2016 IglsTwo-man
2017 KönigsseeTwo-man
2017 KönigsseeFour-man
2019 WhistlerTwo-man
2019 WhistlerFour-man
2020 AltenbergTwo-man
2020 AltenbergFour-man
2021 AltenbergTwo-man
2021 AltenbergFour-man
2023 St. MoritzFour-man
2024 WinterbergTwo-man
2024 WinterbergFour-man
2013 St. MoritzMixed team
2016 IglsFour-man
2023 St. MoritzTwo-man
European Championships
2015 La PlagneTwo-man
2017 WinterbergTwo-man
2018 IglsTwo-man
2019 KönigsseeTwo-man
2021 WinterbergTwo-man
2021 WinterbergFour-man
2022 St. MoritzTwo-man
2024 IglsFour-man
2015 La PlagneFour-man
2018 IglsFour-man
2020 WinterbergFour-man
2022 St. MoritzFour-man
2023 AltenbergFour-man
2013 IglsTwo-man
2014 KönigsseeFour-man
2019 KönigsseeFour-man
2023 AltenbergTwo-man

He is the most successful athlete of the IBSF World Championships winning his first gold medal in the 2011 Königssee mixed team event. Between 2017 and 2021, he won all IBSF World Championships, two-man and four-man, increasing his number of titles to 13.

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