Bobsleigh World Cup 2015/16

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Bobsleigh World Cup 2015/16

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Men's Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup
two-man bobsleigh
Korea SouthSouth Korea Won Yun-jong CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Overall World Cup
four-man bobsleigh
GermanyGermany Maximilian Arndt
combination GermanyGermany Nico Walther
Competitions
Venues 08th 08th
2014/15
2016/17

The 2015/16 Bobsleigh World Cup began on November 27, 2015 in Altenberg and ended on February 28, 2016 in Königssee . The World Cup comprised eight stations in Europe and North America and was held parallel to the Skeleton World Cup 2015/16 . The racing series was organized by the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). The highlights of the season were the European Championships from February 1 to 7, 2016 in St. Moritz , which were held parallel to the World Cup, and the World Championships , which took place from February 8 to 21, 2015 in Igls .

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 IBSF Bobsleigh Ranking 2015/16 .

Individual results of the 2015/16 World Cup season

1st World Cup in Altenberg , 27. – 29. November 2015 GermanyGermany 
discipline First place Second place third place
Two-man bobsleigh women CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
BelgiumBelgium Elfje Willemsen
Sophie Vercruyssen
United StatesUnited States Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs

AustriaAustria Christina Hengster

Sanne Dekker
Two-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
LatviaLatvia Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Korea SouthSouth Korea Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
4-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Jannis Baker
Martin Putze
Thorsten Margis
GermanyGermany Germany
Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
Christian Poser
Eric Franke
GermanyGermany Germany
Maximilian Arndt
Kevin Kuske
Kevin Korona
Ben Heber
2nd World Cup in Winterberg , 5th – 6th December 2015 GermanyGermany 
discipline First place Second place third place
Two-man bobsleigh women United StatesUnited States Jamie Greubel Poser
Cherrelle Garrett
United StatesUnited States Elana Meyers Taylor
Kehri Jones
CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Two-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
LatviaLatvia Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Korea SouthSouth Korea Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
4-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Martin Putze
Jannis baker
Thorsten Margis
GermanyGermany Germany
Maximilian Arndt
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Ben Heber
GermanyGermany Germany
Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
Christian Poser
Philipp Wobeto
3rd World Cup in Königssee , 11. – 13. December 2015 GermanyGermany 
discipline First place Second place third place
Two-man bobsleigh women CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
BelgiumBelgium Elfje Willemsen
Sophie Vercruyssen
United StatesUnited States Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs
Two-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
LatviaLatvia Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
GermanyGermany Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
4-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Germany
Nico Walther
Gregor Bermbach
Marko Hübenbecker
Eric Franke
GermanyGermany Germany
Maximilian Arndt
Kevin Kuske
Martin Plasters
Kevin Korona
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein
Bror van der Zijde
Simon Friedli
4th World Cup in Lake Placid , 8th – 9th January 2016 United StatesUnited States 
discipline First place Second place third place
Two-man bobsleigh women United StatesUnited States Jamie Greubel Poser
Cherrelle Garrett
CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
AustriaAustria Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
Two-man bobsleigh men United StatesUnited States Steven Holcomb
Carlo Valdes
GermanyGermany Nico Walther
Christian Poser
Korea SouthSouth Korea Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
4-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Germany
Maximilian Arndt
Martin Plasters
Ben Heber
Kevin Korona
RussiaRussia Russia
Alexander
Kasyanow Ilwir Chusin
Alexei Pushkarev
Alexei Saizew
CanadaCanada Canada
Justin Kripps
Derek Plug
Ben Coakwell
Alexander Kopacz
5th (women) /5.+6. ( 4- man bobsleigh men) World Cup in Park City , 15. – 16. January 2016 United StatesUnited States 
discipline First place Second place third place
Two-man bobsleigh women CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
AustriaAustria Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
United StatesUnited States Jamie Greubel Poser
Lauren Gibbs
4-man bobsleigh men RussiaRussia Russia
Alexander
Kasyanow Ilwir Chusin
Alexei Pushkarev
Alexei Saizew
GermanyGermany Germany
Maximilian Arndt
Alexander Rödiger
Ben Heber
Kevin Korona
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Rico Peter
Fabio Badraun
Thomas Amrhein
Simon Friedli
4-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Germany
Nico Walther
Marko Hübenbecker
Christian Poser
Eric Franke
GermanyGermany Germany
Maximilian Arndt
Martin Plasters
Ben Heber
Kevin Korona
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Rico Peter
Fabio Badraun
Thomas Amrhein
Bror van der Zijde
6. (women) /5.+6. (Two-man bobsleigh men) World Cup in Whistler , 22. – 23. January 2016 CanadaCanada 
discipline First place Second place third place
Two-man bobsleigh women CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
United StatesUnited States Jamie Greubel Poser
Cherrelle Garrett
AustriaAustria Christina Hengster
Sanne Dekker
Two-man bobsleigh men SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rico Peter
Thomas Amrhein

Korea SouthSouth Korea Won Yun-jong

Seo Young-woo
- RussiaRussia Alexander Kasyanov
Alexei Pushkarev
Two-man bobsleigh men CanadaCanada Chris Spring
Lascelles Brown
LatviaLatvia Uģis Žaļims
Inlays Dambis
RussiaRussia Alexander Kasyanov
Alexei Pushkarev
7th World Cup and European Championship in St. Moritz , 6-7. February 2016 SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
discipline First place Second place third place
Two-man bobsleigh women United StatesUnited States Elana Meyers Taylor
Lauren Gibbs
GermanyGermany Anja Schneiderheinze
Annika Drazek
CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
Two-man bobsleigh men SwitzerlandSwitzerland Beat Hefti
Alex Baumann
United StatesUnited States Steven Holcomb
Carlo Valdes
GermanyGermany Nico Walther
Christian Poser
4-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Germany
Maximilian Arndt
Kevin Korona
Martin Plasters
Ben Heber
AustriaAustria Austria
Benjamin Maier
Marco Rangl
Markus Sammer
Dănuț Moldovan
LatviaLatvia Latvia
Oskars Melbārdis
Daumants Dreiškens
Arvis Vilkaste
Jānis Strenga
8th World Cup in Königssee , 26.-28. February 2016 GermanyGermany 
discipline First place Second place third place
Two-man bobsleigh women United StatesUnited States Elana Meyers Taylor
Kehri Jones
CanadaCanada Kaillie Humphries
Melissa Lotholz
GermanyGermany Anja Schneiderheinze
Annika Drazek
Two-man bobsleigh men Korea SouthSouth Korea Won Yun-jong
Seo Young-woo
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Beat Hefti
Alex Baumann
GermanyGermany Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
4-man bobsleigh men GermanyGermany Germany
Maximilian Arndt
Alexander Rödiger
Kevin Kuske
Martin Putze
AustriaAustria Austria
Benjamin Maier
Marco Rangl
Markus Sammer
Dănuț Moldovan
GermanyGermany Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Candy Bauer
Martin Grothkopp
Thorsten Margis

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

Final result after 8 races

rank pilot country OLD WIN KÖN1 LAK PAR WHI STM CAN2 Points
01. Kaillie Humphries CanadaCanada Canada 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 1720
02. Jamie Greubel Poser United StatesUnited States United States 3 1 3 1 3 2 4th 6th 1628
03. Christina Hengster AustriaAustria Austria 3 5 4th 3 2 3 7th 4th 1546
04th Elfje Willemsen BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2 6th 2 4th 5 7th 5 5 1508
05. Anja Schneiderheinze GermanyGermany Germany 5 4th 6th 5 4th - 2 3 1338
06th To Vannieuwenhuyse BelgiumBelgium Belgium 7th 9 7th 6th 7th 4th 14th 9 1288
07th Mariama Jamanka GermanyGermany Germany - - 8th 7th 6th 5 10 8th 992
08th. Elana Meyers Taylor United StatesUnited States United States 8th 2 - - - - 1 1 820
09. Maria Adela Constantin RomaniaRomania Romania 9 8th 10 - - - 13 11 712
10. Sandra Kroll GermanyGermany Germany 6th 7th 5 - - - - - 528
11. Katrin Beierl AustriaAustria Austria - 10 11 - - - 11 14th 528
12. Brittany Reinbolt United StatesUnited States United States - - - 9 9 6th - - 480
13. Nicole Vogt United StatesUnited States United States - - - 8th 8th 8th - - 480
14th Mica McNeill United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom - - 9 - - - 11 7th 456
15th Stephanie Schneider GermanyGermany Germany - - - - - - 6th 13 296
16. Alexandra Rodionova RussiaRussia Russia - - - - - - 8th 12 288
17th Nadezhda Sergeyeva RussiaRussia Russia - - - - - - 15th 10 248
18th Katie Eberling United StatesUnited States United States - - - - - - 9 - 152

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

Final result after 8 races

rank pilot country OLD WIN KÖN1 LAK WHI1 WHI2 STM CAN2 Points
01. Won Yun-jong Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 3 3 6th 3 1 9 5 1 1562
02. Nico Walther GermanyGermany Germany 4th 7th 3 2 12 6th 3 6th 1450
03. Uģis Žaļims LatviaLatvia Latvia 8th 5 10 5 4th 2 7th 7th 1410
04th Rico Peter SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 7th 8th 5 9 1 7th 17th 4th 1337
05. Oskars Melbārdis LatviaLatvia Latvia 2 2 2 - 5 4th 10 5 1334
06th Francesco Friedrich GermanyGermany Germany 1 1 1 8th DNS 16 10 3 1275
07th Justin Kripps CanadaCanada Canada 6th 10 4th 4th 8th 5 25th 7th 1256
08th. Steven Holcomb United StatesUnited States United States 12 18th 7th 1 7th 12 2 11 1243
09. Alexander Kasyanov RussiaRussia Russia 10 9 12 13 3 3 8th 12 1232
10. Maximilian Arndt GermanyGermany Germany 4th 13 9 6th 9 8th 4th - 1144
11. Alexei Stulnew RussiaRussia Russia 18th 15th 11 14th 10 10 9 10 1016
12. Nick Cunningham United StatesUnited States United States 19th 4th 8th 6th 14th 19th 14th 14th 1012
13. Chris Spring CanadaCanada Canada 21st 11 22nd 12 5 1 13 19th 985
14th Oskars Ķibermanis LatviaLatvia Latvia 9 6th 17th 10 18th 18th 12 16 944
15th Simone Bertazzo ItalyItaly Italy 14th 20th 14th 17th 15th 11 16 15th 820
16. Kim Dong-hyun Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 13 12 12 15th 11 DSQ 22nd 18th 752
17th Beat Hefti SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 11 17th 18th - - - 1 2 739
18th Nikita Sakharov RussiaRussia Russia - 14th 19th 16 13 14th - - 514
19th Benjamin Maier AustriaAustria Austria 20th 25th 21st - - - 15th 17th 362
20th Ivo de Bruin NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - - - - 17th 13 29 21st 294
21st Maxim Andrianov RussiaRussia Russia 16 - - - - - 6th - 272
22nd Bradley Hall United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom - - 20th - - - 18th 13 268
23. Mateusz Luty PolandPoland Poland 17th - 15th - - - 19th - 266
24. Rudy Rinaldi MonacoMonaco Monaco - 16 16 - - - 20th - 260
25th Pius Meyerhans SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - - - - 16 15th - - 200
26th Jan Vrba Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 22nd 22nd 25th - - - 27 - 184
27. Lamin Deen United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 14th 21st - DSQ - - - - 174
28. Bruce Tasker United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom - - 22nd - - - 22nd 23 162
29 Heath Spence AustraliaAustralia Australia - - - - 20th 17th - - 156
30th Johannes Lochner GermanyGermany Germany - - - - - - - 9 152
31. Loïc Costerg FranceFrance France - 19th 24 - - - 28 - 147
32. Dakarai Kongela United StatesUnited States United States - - - - 19th 20th - - 142
33. Codie Bascue United StatesUnited States United States - - - 11 - - - - 136
34. Vuk Rađenović SerbiaSerbia Serbia - 23 28 - - - - 24 123
35. Dominik Dvořák Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic - - - - - - 26th 20th 104
36. Markus Sammer AustriaAustria Austria - 23 26th - - - - - 86
37. Oliver Biddulph United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 23 28 - - - - - - 78
38. Radek Matoušek Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic - 27 27 - - - - - 64
39. Justin Olsen United StatesUnited States United States - - - - - - 21st - 62
40. Dorin Grigore RomaniaRomania Romania - 26th 29 - - - - - 60
41. Lukas Kolb AustriaAustria Austria - - - - - - 31 22nd 56
42. Nick Poloniato CanadaCanada Canada - - - - - - 22nd - 56
43. Thomas Heibl NorwayNorway Norway - - 30th - - - 30th - 40

Overall standings and placements in the four-man bobsleigh

Final result after 8 races

rank pilot country OLD WIN KÖN1 LAK PAR1 PAR2 STM CAN2 Points
01. Maximilian Arndt GermanyGermany Germany 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1715
02. Francesco Friedrich GermanyGermany Germany 1 1 4th 6th 7th 4th 4th 3 1570
03. Rico Peter SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 4th 4th 3 5 3 3 7th 6th 1512
04th Nico Walther GermanyGermany Germany 2 3 1 13 11 1 5 4th 1492
05. Alexander Kasyanov RussiaRussia Russia 9 6th 5 2 1 5 8th 7th 1459
06th Justin Kripps CanadaCanada Canada 10 12 10 3 4th 10 11 10 1232
07th Alexei Stulnew RussiaRussia Russia 12 7th 7th 7th 6th 9 16 9 1208
08th. Simone Bertazzo ItalyItaly Italy 7th 10 15th 11 17th 12 10 12 1040
09. Lamin Deen United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 6th 8th 16 4th 8th 14th 21st 19th 1032
10. Oskars Ķibermanis LatviaLatvia Latvia 5 9 19th - 9 6th 6th 15th 1018
11. Steven Holcomb United StatesUnited States United States 17th 18th 12 8th 16 7th 15th 16 920
12. Oskars Melbārdis LatviaLatvia Latvia 8th 5 6th - - - 3 5 904
13. Uģis Žaļims LatviaLatvia Latvia 13 16 17th - 5 7th 13 14th 888
14th Nikita Sakharov RussiaRussia Russia - 11 13 10 14th 15th 12 13 864
15th Benjamin Maier AustriaAustria Austria 11 15th 9 - - - 2 2 812
16. Nick Cunningham United StatesUnited States United States 14th 13 14th 9 12 13 22nd - 800
17th Won Yun-jong Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 16 17th 20th 14th 18th 11 20th - 648
18th John James Jackson United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom - - 8th 16 15th 20th 19th 11 638
19th Jan Vrba Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 15th 14th 11 - - - 9 - 504
20th Chris Spring CanadaCanada Canada - - - 12 9 17th 26th 18th 484
21st Loïc Costerg FranceFrance France - 19th 18th - - - 14th 8th 426
22nd Codie Bascue United StatesUnited States United States - - - 15th 13 19th - - 298
23. Ivo de Bruin NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - - - - 19th 18th 27 20th 254
24. Pius Meyerhans SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - - - - 20th 16 18th - 244
25th Kaillie Humphries CanadaCanada Canada - - - 17th 21st 21st 28 - 240
26th Lukas Kolb AustriaAustria Austria - - 24 - - - 17th 17th 221
27. Oliver Biddulph United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 18th 21st - - - - - - 142
28. Dominik Dvořák Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic - - - - - - 23 21st 112
29 Vuk Rađenović SerbiaSerbia Serbia - DSQ 22nd - - - - 22nd 112
30th Dorin Grigore RomaniaRomania Romania - 22nd 23 - - - - - 106
31. Thomas Heibl NorwayNorway Norway - - 21st - - - 25th - 102
32. Radek Matoušek Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic - 20th - - - - - - 68
33. Edson Bindilatti BrazilBrazil Brazil - - - - - - 24 - 45
34. Maxim Andrianov RussiaRussia Russia DSQ - - - - - - - 0
34. Mateusz Luty PolandPoland Poland - - - - - - DNS - 0

Total stand combination

Final result after 16 races

rank pilot country Points
01. Nico Walther GermanyGermany Germany 2942
02. Maximilian Arndt GermanyGermany Germany 2859
03. Rico Peter SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2849
04th Francesco Friedrich GermanyGermany Germany 2845
05. Alexander Kasyanov RussiaRussia Russia 2691
06th Justin Kripps CanadaCanada Canada 2488
07th Uģis Žaļims LatviaLatvia Latvia 2298
08th. Oskars Melbārdis LatviaLatvia Latvia 2238
09. Alexei Stulnew RussiaRussia Russia 2224
10. Won Yun-jong Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 2210
11. Steven Holcomb United StatesUnited States United States 2163
12. Oskars Ķibermanis LatviaLatvia Latvia 1962
13. Simone Bertazzo ItalyItaly Italy 1860
14th Nick Cunningham United StatesUnited States United States 1812
15th Chris Spring CanadaCanada Canada 1469
16. Nikita Sakharov RussiaRussia Russia 1378
17th Lamin Deen United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 1206
18th Benjamin Maier AustriaAustria Austria 1174
19th Jan Vrba Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 688
20th Loïc Costerg FranceFrance France 573
21st Ivo de Bruin NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 548
22nd Pius Meyerhans SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 444
23. Codie Bascue United StatesUnited States United States 434
24. Lukas Kolb AustriaAustria Austria 277
25th Maxim Andrianov RussiaRussia Russia 272
26th Mateusz Luty PolandPoland Poland 266
27. Vuk Rađenović SerbiaSerbia Serbia 235
28. Oliver Biddulph United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 220
29 Dominik Dvořák Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 216
30th Dorin Grigore RomaniaRomania Romania 166
31. Thomas Heibl NorwayNorway Norway 142
32. Radek Matoušek Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 132

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