Bobsleigh World Cup 2014/15

Bobsleigh World Cup 2014/15
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup two-man bobsleigh	Oskars Melbārdis	Elana Meyers Taylor
Overall World Cup four-man bobsleigh	Oskars Melbārdis
combination	Oskars Melbārdis
Competitions
Venues	08th	08th
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The 2014/15 Bobsleigh World Cup began on December 8, 2014 in Lake Placid and ended on February 15, 2015 in Sochi . The World Cup comprised eight stations in Europe and North America and was held parallel to the Skeleton World Cup 2014/15 . The racing series was organized by the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT). The highlights of the season were the European Championships from January 26th to February 5th 2015 in La Plagne , which were held parallel to the World Cup, and the 2015 World Championships , which are to take place from February 23rd to March 8th 2015 in Winterberg .

The European Cup and the North American Cup served as the foundation for the World Cup . The results of all racing series were included in the FIBT bobsleigh ranking 2014/15 .

Individual results of the 2014/15 World Cup season

1st World Cup in Lake Placid , December 12, 2014–13. December 2014
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Cherrelle Garrett	Jazmine Fenlator Natalie Deratt	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs
Two-man bobsleigh	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	Nick Cunningham Casey Wickline
4-man bobsleigh men	Germany Maximilian Arndt Kevin Korona Joshua Bluhm Ben Heber	Russia Alexander Kasyanow Maxim Mokroussow Ilwir Chusin Alexei Pushkarev	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga

2nd World Cup in Calgary , December 20, 2014–21. December 2014
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Cherrelle Garrett	Anja Schneiderheinze Franziska Bertels	Kaillie Humphries Kate O'Brien
Two-man bobsleigh	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann
4-man bobsleigh men	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	Germany Francesco Friedrich Jan Speer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis	Germany Maximilian Arndt Kevin Korona Joshua Bluhm Ben Heber

3rd World Cup in Altenberg , January 9, 2015–11. January 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Cherrelle Garrett	Elfje Willemsen Annelies Holthof	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz
Two-man bobsleigh	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	Nico Walther Joshua Bluhm
4-man bobsleigh men	Germany Nico Walther Andreas Bredau Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	Switzerland Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde Thomas Amrhein Simon Friedli

4th World Cup in Königssee , January 16, 2015–18. January 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Cathleen Martini Lisa Marie Buckwitz	Elfje Willemsen Annelies Holthof	Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek
Two-man bobsleigh	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann	Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker	Justin Kripps Bryan Barnett
4-man bobsleigh men	Germany Maximilian Arndt Kevin Korona Alexander Rödiger Ben Heber	Germany Nico Walther Andreas Bredau Marko Hübenbecker Christian Poser	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga

5th World Cup in St. Moritz , January 24, 2015–25. January 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek	Cathleen Martini Franziska Bertels	Jamie Greubel Poser Cherrelle Garrett
Two-man bobsleigh	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann  Uģis Žaļims Inlays Dambis	-
4-man bobsleigh men	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	Germany Francesco Friedrich Gregor Bermbach Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis	Germany Maximilian Arndt Jan Speer Alexander Rödiger Martin Putze

6th World Cup and European Championship in La Plagne , January 30, 2015–1. February 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Cherrelle Garrett	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauryn Williams	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz
Two-man bobsleigh	Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	Rico Peter Bror van der Zijde
4-man bobsleigh men	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	Russia Alexander Kasyanow Ilwir Chusin Alexei Pushkarev Alexei Saizew	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis

7th World Cup in Igls , February 6, 2015–8. February 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Lauryn Williams	Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek	Jamie Greubel Poser Cherrelle Garrett
Two-man bobsleigh	Francesco Friedrich Thorsten Margis	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann
4-man bobsleigh men	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	Germany Francesco Friedrich Candy Bauer Martin Grothkopp Thorsten Margis	Germany Nico Walther Marko Hübenbecker Andreas Bredau Christian Poser

8th World Cup in Sochi , February 14, 2015–15. February 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Two-man bobsleigh women	Elana Meyers Taylor Cherrelle Garrett	Kaillie Humphries Melissa Lotholz	Jamie Greubel Poser Lauren Gibbs
Two-man bobsleigh	Rico Peter Simon Friedli	Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens	Beat Hefti Alex Baumann
4-man bobsleigh men	Latvia Oskars Melbārdis Daumants Dreiškens Arvis Vilkaste Jānis Strenga	Russia Alexander Kasyanow Ilwir Chusin Alexei Pushkarev Alexei Saizew	Germany Maximilian Arndt Alexander Rödiger Ben Heber Martin Putze

Overall standings and placements in the women's two-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	LAK	CAL	OLD	CAN	STM	LAP	IGL	SOT	Points
01.	Elana Meyers Taylor	United States	1	1	1	6th	4th	1	1	1	1718
02.	Kaillie Humphries	Canada	5	3	3	5	7th	3	6th	2	1522
03.	Jazmine Fenlator	United States	2	4th	9	4th	8th	4th	4th	5	1474
04th	Elfje Willemsen	Belgium	6th	6th	2	2	5	8th	9	4th	1460
05.	Anja Schneiderheinze	Germany	4th	2	7th	3	1	5	2	-	1389
06th	Jamie Greubel Poser	United States	3	4th	5	DNF	3	2	3	3	1386
07th	Stefanie Szczurek	Germany	7th	7th	6th	8th	10	7th	7th	9	1304
08th.	Cathleen Martini	Germany	-	-	4th	1	2	6th	5	7th	1155
09.	Nadezhda Sergeyeva	Russia	10	10	13	12	13	11	13	8th	1072
10.	Mica McNeill	United Kingdom	9	9	12	11	12	-	10	-	840
11.	Victoria Olaoye	United Kingdom	8th	8th	-	10	15th	14th	11	-	816
12.	Christina Hengster	Austria	-	-	10	7th	9	9	8th	-	776
13.	Alexandra Rodionova	Russia	-	-	-	-	11	10	12	6th	584
14th	To Vannieuwenhuyse	Belgium	-	-	11	13	-	13	16	-	472
15th	Marije van Huigenbosch	Netherlands	-	-	-	9	14th	15th	-	-	368
16.	Maria Adela Constantin	Romania	-	-	8th	-	16	-	14th	-	368
17th	Edith Burkard	Switzerland	-	-	-	-	6th	12	-	-	304
18th	Martina Fontanive	Switzerland	-	-	-	-	17th	-	15th	-	192
19th	Alysia Rissling	Canada	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	136
20th	Fabiana Santos	Brazil	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	136
21st	Nikki McSweeney	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	96

Overall standings and placements in the men's two-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races (Top 20)

rank	pilot	country	LAK	CAL	OLD	CAN	STM	LAP	IGL	SOT	Points
01.	Oskars Melbārdis	Latvia	2	1	2	5	1	2	2	2	1684
02.	Beat Hefti	Switzerland	4th	3	1	1	2	5	3	3	1636
03.	Rico Peter	Switzerland	5	6th	4th	9	7th	3	9	1	1449
04th	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	1	2	5	7th	4th	1	1	-	1429
05.	Nico Walther	Germany	11	7th	3	2	8th	7th	4th	10	1378
06th	Steven Holcomb	United States	6th	8th	13	10	6th	8th	6th	5	1296
07th	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	10	4th	6th	14th	15th	4th	7th	7th	1256
08th.	Justin Kripps	Canada	7th	9	9	3	18th	10	8th	4th	1248
09.	Nick Cunningham	United States	3	13	15th	13	20th	11	13	9	1020
10.	Codie Bascue	United States	13	11	7th	15th	13	16	16	11	976
11.	Won Yun-jong	South Korea	8th	5	-	8th	14th	6th	10	-	936
12.	Oskars Ķibermanis	Latvia	12	14th	8th	11	11	13	12	-	920
13.	Alexei Stulnew	Russia	18th	15th	14th	6th	9	-	15th	6th	904
14th	Chris Spring	Canada	14th	12	16	12	16	17th	14th	14th	872
15th	Johannes Lochner	Germany	-	-	-	-	5	9	5	8th	680
16.	Maxim Andrianov	Russia	-	-	10	22nd	-	18th	17th	13	488
17th	Nikita Sakharov	Russia	15th	17th	-	-	10	15th	-	-	440
18th	Maximilian Arndt	Germany	8th	10	-	-	-	-	-	12	432
19th	Kim Dong-hyun	South Korea	17th	16	-	-	19th	24	23	-	353
20th	Uģis Žaļims	Latvia	-	-	-	-	2	-	11	-	346

Overall standings and placements in the four-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races (Top 20)

rank	Pilot)	country	LAK	CAL	OLD	CAN	STM	LAP	IGL	SOT	Points
01.	Oskars Melbārdis	Latvia	3	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1735
02.	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	2	8th	5	6th	9	2	4th	2	1494
03.	Maximilian Arndt	Germany	1	3	DNS	1	3	5	6th	3	1410
04th	Nico Walther	Germany	DNS	5	1	2	4th	4th	3	6th	1379
05.	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	14th	2	6th	4th	2	3	2	-	1310
06th	Rico Peter	Switzerland	7th	9	3	7th	11	6th	5	15th	1288
07th	Steven Holcomb	United States	6th	7th	9	9	14th	8th	9	9	1224
08th.	Justin Kripps	Canada	4th	11	7th	12	21st	13	11	4th	1134
09.	Chris Spring	Canada	10	10	10	14th	16	12	13	10	1032
10.	Oskars Ķibermanis	Latvia	10	DNS	4th	5	7th	7th	8th	-	1016
11.	Nikita Sakharov	Russia	8th	4th	-	-	6th	11	9	5	1000
12.	Nick Cunningham	United States	5	12	16	13	15th	19th	15th	7th	978
13.	Alexei Stulnew	Russia	13	14th	13	10	13	-	14th	8th	888
14th	Codie Bascue	United States	9	-	12	16	12	15th	19th	-	682
15th	Lamin Deen	United Kingdom	12	5	-	11	23	-	7th	-	666
16.	Benjamin Maier	Austria	-	-	15th	8th	8th	9	17th	-	664
17th	Jan Vrba	Czech Republic	-	-	11	-	10	10	12	-	552
18th	Kaillie Humphries	Canada	-	15th	-	18th	19th	20th	24	14th	483
19th	Won Yun-jong	South Korea	-	13	-	20th	16	18th	21st	-	426
20th	Simone Bertazzo	Italy	-	-	14th	-	5	-	15th	-	400

Total stand combination

Final result after 16 races (Top 20)

rank	pilot	country	Points
01.	Oskars Melbārdis	Latvia	3419
02.	Nico Walther	Germany	2757
03.	Alexander Kasyanov	Russia	2750
04th	Francesco Friedrich	Germany	2739
05.	Rico Peter	Switzerland	2737
06th	Steven Holcomb	United States	2520
07th	Justin Kripps	Canada	2382
08th.	Nick Cunningham	United States	1998
09.	Oskars Ķibermanis	Latvia	1936
10.	Chris Spring	Canada	1904
11.	Maximilian Arndt	Germany	1842
12.	Alexei Stulnew	Russia	1792
13.	Beat Hefti	Switzerland	1664
14th	Codie Bascue	United States	1658
15th	Nikita Sakharov	Russia	1440
16.	Won Yun-jong	South Korea	1362
17th	Lamin Deen	United Kingdom	946
18th	Benjamin Maier	Austria	924
19th	Maxim Andrianov	Russia	848
20th	Johannes Lochner	Germany	816

Web links

• Results for the 2014/15 season on the BSD website
• Overall standings for the two-man bobsleigh women , accessed on February 14, 2015.
• Overall stand of two-man bobsleigh , accessed on February 14, 2015.
• Overall stand of four-man bobsleigh , accessed on February 15, 2015.
• Complete status of the combination , accessed on February 15, 2015.