Felix Keisinger

Felix Keisinger
nation	Germany
birthday	29th December 1997 (age 22)
size	175 cm
Weight	74 kg
job	Sports soldier / WING student
Career
society	WSV Königssee
Trainer	David Lingmann
National squad	since 2014
status	active
Medal table
JWM medals 2 × 0 × 1 ×
Skeleton Junior World Championships bronze 2018 Sankt Moritz singles gold 2019 Königssee singles gold 2020 Winterberg singles
Placements in the WC / EC / NAC / IC
Debut in the World Cup December 8, 2018 in Sigulda Overall World Cup 18. ( 18/19 ) Debut in the European Cup November 28, 2014 in Koenigssee European Cup victories 1 Debut in the Interconti-Cup November 10, 2016 in Innsbruck Interconti victories 9
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  World cup 0 1 2  European Cup 1 3 3
last change: February 8, 2020

Felix Keisinger (born December 29, 1997 ) is a German skeleton pilot .

Career

Felix Keisinger at the German Skeleton Championships 2018/19 in Altenberg

Keisinger, who starts for WSV Königssee , made his debut in the European Skeleton Cup in the 2014/15 season . He had previously competed in the Junior Challenge Cup in winter 2013/14 . In his first European Cup race on November 28, 2014 on his home track at Königssee, he finished 13th, and the following day he crossed the finish line in eighth place. At the German Championships in 2015 in January, he finished eleventh on the Winterberg bobsleigh run . In the following winter of 2015/16 Keisinger achieved a second and a third place at Königssee, making him the first time on the podium. A few days later, with third place in St. Moritz , he celebrated another podium place and finished third in the overall ranking of the European Cup. At the German Championships in Altenberg in 2016 , he finished ninth.

In the 2016/17 season he took the following placings in the European Cup at his starts: 3rd place in Sigulda, 1st place in St. Moritz and two 2nd places in Altenberg. With that he finished 5th in the overall ranking. In the same season Keisinger also started in the Intercontinental Cup for the first time and achieved the following podium places: two 3rd places in Innsbruck as well as 2nd and 3rd places at Königssee.

In the following season 2017/18 he drove the entire season in the Intercontinental Cup and there for the first time the races in North America. In every race he was on the podium and achieved the following placements: 2nd place Whistler, 2nd place Whistler, 1st place Calgary, 1st place Calgary, 1st place St. Moritz, 1st place St. Moritz, 1st place Altenberg , 3rd place Altenberg. So at the end of the season there was overall victory in the ICC. Keisinger secured 3rd place at the 2018 Junior World Championships in St. Moritz.

Winter 2018/19 became Keisinger's premiere season in the World Cup, in which he started in the first half of the season. At the very first race in Sigulda he was able to celebrate a 5th place. In the course of the further season he achieved the following results in WC 8th place Winterberg, 11th place Lake Placid, 11th place Calgary. Keisinger competed in the Intercontinental Cup for the rest of the season, where he achieved four victories in his four starts in Park City and Lake Placid. With his victory at the Junior World Championships in February 2019 on the local track at Königsee, Felix Keisinger secured the right to start at the World Championships in Whistler, Canada, where he finished 13th.

Felix Keisinger has been part of the German Olympic squad since the 2019/20 season and starts in the World Cup. In the first two races of the season in Lake Placid he achieved 5th place and 3rd place, the first podium in a World Cup race of his career. After he finished 5th, 7th and 7th in the races in Winterberg, La Plagne and Innsbruck, he finished on the podium with a 3rd place at his home World Cup at Königssee. In St. Moritz, Felix Keisinger achieved another podium finish with second place and thus his best result so far in the BMW IBSF World Cup. At the Junior World Championship on February 8th, 2020, he managed to defend his title in Winterberg.

Web links

Commons : Felix Keisinger  - Collection of Images

• Felix Keisinger in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association
• Felix Keisinger in the database of the Bobsleigh and Sleigh Association for Germany
• Felix Keisinger - the new hope on the skeleton track
• Felix Keisinger (Skeleton) - Nominee for Junior Sportsman of the Year 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ÖBSV season results 2013/2014. (PDF) Retrieved May 18, 2016 . 
2. ↑ German Championship Skeleton 2015. (PDF) Retrieved on May 18, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Team USA turns in six top 10 finishes on the Koenigssee track. In: teamusa.org. January 16, 2016, accessed May 18, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Overall European Cup winner. In: wm2016-innsbruck.com. January 30, 2016, accessed May 18, 2016 . 
5. ↑ German Skeleton Championships 2016. (PDF) Accessed on May 18, 2016 . 
6. ↑ IBSF | Races & Results. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (UK English). 
7. ↑ IBSF | Standings. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (UK English). 
8. ↑ IBSF | Standings. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (UK English). 
9. ↑ IBSF | Standings. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (UK English). 
10. ↑ FOCUS Online: Skeleton: Fernstädt wins Junior World Championship. Retrieved January 27, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Sports. Retrieved January 27, 2020 . 
12. ↑ IBSF | Standings. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (UK English). 
13. ↑ IBSF | Standings. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (UK English). 
14. ↑ Skeleton pilot Felix Keisinger wins gold at the Junior World Championships. Retrieved January 27, 2020 . 
15. ↑ Press: Felix Keisinger Junior World Champion in men's skeleton. Accessed January 27, 2020 (German). 
16. ^ IBSF - International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (UK English). 
17. ↑ BSD Portal: ATHLETES. Retrieved January 27, 2020 . 
18. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Podium places by Lölling and Keisinger in Lake Placid. Retrieved January 27, 2020 . 
19. ↑ IBSF | Standings. Retrieved January 27, 2020 (UK English). 
20. ↑ World Cup at Königssee: German women celebrate double victory in skeleton. January 24, 2020, accessed January 27, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Press: Third win of the season and World Cup lead for defending skeleton champion Tretiakov. Accessed January 27, 2020 (German). 
22. ↑ Press: Second win of the season and World Cup leadership for World Champion Martins Dukurs. Retrieved on February 12, 2020 (German). 
23. ↑ Press: Felix Keisinger defends Junior World Championship title in men's skeleton. Retrieved on February 12, 2020 (German).