Franz Sagmeister

Franz Sagmeister
nation	Germany
birthday	October 21, 1974
place of birth	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
job	Federal policeman
Career
discipline	Two, four
position	Pusher
society	BSC Winterberg
National squad	since 2001
status	active
End of career	2006
Medal table
World championships 0 × 0 × 1 × European championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships bronze 2003 Lake Placid two European bobsleigh championships bronze 2001 Königssee two silver 2005 Altenberg two
Placements in the Bobsleigh World Cup
Debut in the World Cup 200?  Overall World Cup two 2. (2002/03)  Overall World Cup foursome 6th (2002/03)
last change: end of career

Franz Sagmeister (born October 21, 1974 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is a former German bobsleigh athlete . For the pilot René Spies and more rarely for Matthias Höpfner and Christoph Langen , he was active as a pusher in the world class of bobsleigh for about half a decade.

Franz Sagmeister works for the Federal Police and was active for the BSC Winterberg . At the 2001 World Bobsleigh Championships in St. Moritz , he was sixth with pilot Spies in the two-man bobsleigh, and at the European Championships at Königssee they won the bronze medal behind Christoph Langen and Christian Reich's sledges . The 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , in which Sagmeister and Spies again finished sixth, were the highlight of his career . In the 2002/03 season , the duo won the season opener in Altenberg in the Bobsleigh World Cup and, with Spies, Kai Kaufmann and Jens Nohka, came second behind André Lange's bobsleigh in the four- person competition. In Cortina d'Ampezzo Spies / Sagmeister won again in the two-man and came third in the four-man bobsleigh. A third place followed in Calgary , in the overall ranking of the two-man bobsleigh, Spies finished second behind Pierre Lueders with his pushers , sixth with the large bob, and second in the combined ranking behind Lange. At the 2003 Bobsleigh World Championships in Lake Placid , Spies / Sagmeister won the bronze medal behind Lange and Lueders' bobsleigh.

In the 2003/04 season , the pair Spies / Sagmeister achieved second places in Altenberg and Igls . At the highlight of the season, the 2004 World Championships at Königssee, they missed a medal by about a second in fifth place. In 2004/05 Sagmeister and Spies achieved two third places in the two-man bobsleigh and one third place in the four-man bobsleigh. In Calgary they were again fifth in the two-man bobsleigh at the 2005 World Bobsleigh Championship . The two-tier ranking in Altenberg was also the European championship, in which Spies / Sagmeister won the silver medal behind Lange. He was unable to qualify for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Turin alongside Spies; Sagmeister had planned the end of his career in 2006 for professional reasons with the Federal Police anyway.

In 2001 and 2005, Sagmeister became German champions in the two-man bobsleigh alongside Spies, and in 2006 they became runner-up.

Web links

• Franz Sagmeister in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Franz Sagmeister in the database of the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association
• interview
• Two-man bobsleigh pilot Franz Sagmeister from Ohlstadt officially ended his career