Anne Dietrich

Annegret Dietrich (born August 14, 1980 in Zwickau ) is a former German bobsleigh driver who also competes for Switzerland at times .

Anne Dietrich comes from the field of athletics and trained in the training group of coach Thomas Springstein at SC Magdeburg . In the bobsleigh area, the BSR Oberhof was initially their club. She has been active in the bobsleigh area since 2001 and initially celebrated great successes with Susi Erdmann . In the Bobsleigh World Cup , the team mostly achieved placements behind the top ten, they often came on the podium, in 2002/02 they won two, in 2005/06 one race (in Königssee ). In the overall World Cup they reached first place in 2002/03, third in 2003/04 and fourth in 2005/06. Dietrich has so far missed participation in the Olympic Games. In 2002 she missed taking part in the Salt Lake City Games when national coach Wolfgang Hoppe replaced her with Anja Schneiderheinze at short notice . The following year, she surprisingly celebrated her greatest success at Erdmann's side. At the 2003 Bobsleigh World Championship in Winterberg , the doubles won the title. In 2006 a bronze medal was added at the European Championships. At German championships, the doubles won the title in 2002, in 2004, 2005 and 2005 they were runner-up.

In 2006, after missing the Olympic qualification again, she moved from the German national team to Switzerland, where she forms a team with Maya Bamert . In the first season they finished fifth both in the overall World Cup and at the 2007 Bobsleigh World Championship in St. Moritz . The team also became Swiss champions. She is now starting for the Central Switzerland bobsleigh club and lives in Tuggen . In 2009 she ended her career.

Web links

• Anne Dietrich in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/sport/umbesetzung-im-damenbob-aid-1.1530740