List of world champions in skeleton

The list of world champions in skeleton shows all world champions as well as all athletes placed on the medal ranks since the competition was first held. Skeleton World Championships for men were first held in St. Moritz in 1982 . After a seven-year break, they have been held annually since 1989 if there are no Olympic Games in that year. The world championships for women have existed since 2000. Since 2007, a mixed team competition has been held together with the bobsleigh athletes. In 2020, a mixed competition only in the skeleton was held for the first time, but the team competition with the bobsleigh athletes was canceled.

The competitions are held in a single class for both men and women. The winner is whoever, adding up all four races, needed the least amount of time to cover the distance in the ice channel. The most successful nations are Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Austria and the USA, which won the majority of the medals at the world championships and mostly also other international competitions.

Competitions

One of the men

WM	gold	silver	bronze
1982 St. Moritz	Gert Elsässer	Nico Baracchi	Alain Wicki
1989 St. Moritz	Alain Wicki	Christian Auer	Franz Plangger
1990 Königssee	Michael Grünberger	Andy Schmid	Gregor Stähli
1991 Igls	Christian Auer	Andy Schmid	Michael Grünberger
1992 Calgary	Bruce Sandford	Gregor Stähli	Christian Auer
1993 La Plagne	Andy Schmid	Franz Plangger	Gregor Stähli
1994 Altenberg	Gregor Stähli	Christian Auer	Ryan Davenport
1995 Lillehammer	Juerg Wenger	Andy Schmid	Franz Plangger
1996 Calgary	Ryan Davenport	Franz Plangger	Christian Auer
1997 Lake Placid	Ryan Davenport	Jim Shea	Chris Soule
1998 St. Moritz	Willi Schneider	Alain Wicki	Felix Poletti
1999 Altenberg	Jim Shea	Andy Boehme	Willi Schneider
2000 Igls	Andy Boehme	Gregor Stähli	Jim Shea Alex Müller
2001 Calgary	Martin Rettl	Jeff Pain	Lincoln DeWitt
2003 Nagano	Jeff Pain	Chris Soule	Brady Canfield
2004 Königssee	Duff Gibson	Florian Grassl	Frank Kleber
2005 Calgary	Jeff Pain	Gregor Stähli	Duff Gibson
2007 St. Moritz	Gregor Stähli	Eric Bernotas	Zach Lund
2008 Altenberg	Kristan Bromley	Jon Montgomery	Frank Rommel
2009 Lake Placid	Gregor Stähli	Adam Pengilly	Alexander Tretyakov
2011 Königssee	Martin's course	Alexander Tretyakov	Frank Rommel
2012 Lake Placid	Martin's course	Frank Rommel	Ben Sandford
2013 St. Moritz	Alexander Tretyakov	Martin's course	Sergei Chudinov
2015 Winterberg	Martin's course	Alexander Tretyakov	Tomass Dukurs
2016 Igls	Martin's course	Alexander Tretyakov Yun Sung-bin
2017 Königssee	Martin's course	Axel Jungk	Nikita Tregubov
2019 Whistler	Martin's course	Nikita Tregubov	Yun Sung-bin
2020 Altenberg	Christopher Grotheer	Axel Jungk	Alexander Gassner

One of the women

WM	gold	silver	bronze
2000 Igls	Steffi Hanzlik	Mellisa Hollingsworth	Tricia stump
2001 Calgary	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Alexandra Coomber	Tricia stump
2003 Nagano	Michelle Kelly	Ekaterina Mironova	Tristan Gale
2004 Königssee	Diana Sartor	Lindsay Alcock	Kerstin Juergens
2005 Calgary	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Noelle Pikus-Pace	Michelle Kelly
2007 St. Moritz	Noelle Pikus-Pace	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Katie Uhlaender
2008 Altenberg	Anja Huber	Katie Uhlaender	Kerstin Juergens
2009 Lake Placid	Marion Trott	Amy Williams	Kerstin Szymkowiak
2011 Königssee	Marion Thees	Anja Huber	Mellisa Hollingsworth
2012 Lake Placid	Katie Uhlaender	Mellisa Hollingsworth	Elizabeth Yarnold
2013 St. Moritz	Shelley Rudman	Noelle Pikus-Pace	Sarah Reid
2015 Winterberg	Elizabeth Yarnold	Jacqueline Lölling	Elisabeth Vathje
2016 Igls	Tina Hermann	Janine Flock	Jelena Nikitina
2017 Königssee	Jacqueline Lölling	Tina Hermann	Elizabeth Yarnold
2019 Whistler	Tina Hermann	Jacqueline Lölling	Sophia Griebel
2020 Altenberg	Tina Hermann	Marina Gilardoni	Janine Flock

team

In 2007 a team competition was held for the first time at the World Championships in St. Moritz. For each gender, a two-man bobsleigh and a skeleton pilot (shown here in large) are used, each of which drives a race, whose times are then added to a total time. Since 2011, the strongest nations can bring two teams to the start.

WM	gold	silver	bronze
2007 St. Moritz	Germany Frank Kleber Monique Riekewald Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker Karl Angerer Marc Kühne	United States Eric Bernotas Noelle Pikus-Pace Erin Pac Emily Azevedo Mike Kohn Curtis Tomasevicz	Switzerland Gregor Stähli Maya Pedersen-Bieri Sabina Hafner Katharina Sutter Ivo Rüegg Thomas Lamparter
2008 Altenberg	Germany Sebastian Haupt Anja Huber Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker Matthias Höpfner Alexander Mann	Canada Jon Montgomery Michelle Kelly Kaillie Humphries Jenni Hucul Lyndon Rush Nathan Cross	United States Katie Uhlaender Zach Lund Erin Pac Emily Azevedo Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz
2009 Lake Placid	Germany Frank Rommel Marion Trott Sandra Kiriasis Patricia Polifka Thomas Florschütz Andreas Barucha	Switzerland Gregor Stähli Maya Pedersen-Bieri Sabina Hafner Anne Dietrich Ivo Rüegg Cédric Grand	United States Eric Bernotas Katie Uhlaender Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen
2011 Königssee	Germany II Mirsad Halilovic Marion Thees Sandra Kiriasis Stephanie Schneider Francesco Friedrich Florian Becke	Germany I Frank Rommel Anja Huber Cathleen Martini Kristin Steinert Karl Angerer Alexander Mann	Canada Jon Montgomery Mellisa Hollingsworth Kaillie Humphries Heather Moyse Lyndon Rush Cody Sorensen
2012 Lake Placid	United States I Matthew Antoine Katie Uhlaender Elana Meyers Emily Azevedo Steven Holcomb Justin Olsen	Germany I Frank Rommel Marion Thees Sandra Kiriasis Berit Wiacker Maximilian Arndt Steven Deja	Canada I John Fairbairn Mellisa Hollingsworth Kaillie Humphries Emily Baadsvik Justin Kripps Timothy Randall
2013 St. Moritz	United States I John Daly Noelle Pikus-Pace Elana Meyers LoLo Jones Steven Holcomb Curtis Tomasevicz	Germany I Frank Rommel Marion Thees Sandra Kiriasis Sarah Noll Francesco Friedrich Gino Gerhardi	Canada I Eric Neilson Sarah Reid Kaillie Humphries Chelsea Valois Lyndon Rush Cody Sorensen
2015 Winterberg	Germany I Axel Jungk Tina Hermann Cathleen Martini Lisette Thöne Francesco Friedrich Martin Grothkopp	Germany II Christopher Grotheer Anja Selbach Anja Schneiderheinze Franziska Bertels Johannes Lochner Gregor Bermbach	Russia I Alexander Tretyakov Marija Orlowa Alexandra Rodionowa Nadeschda Palejewa Alexander Kasjanow Ilwir Chusin
2016 Igls	Germany I Axel Jungk Tina Hermann Anja Schneiderheinze Annika Drazek Johannes Lochner Tino Paasche	Russia I Alexander Tretyakov Jelena Nikitina Alexandra Rodionowa Julija Schokschujewa Alexander Kasjanow Maxim Mokroussow	Austria I Matthias Guggenberger Janine Flock Christina Hengster Sanne Dekker Benjamin Maier Dănuț Moldovan
2017 Königssee	Germany I Axel Jungk Jacqueline Lölling Mariama Jamanka Franziska Bertels Johannes Lochner Christian Rasp	Germany II Christopher Grotheer Tina Hermann Stephanie Schneider Lisa Marie Buckwitz Nico Walther Philipp Woberto	International mixed team Alexander Gassner Anna Fernstädt Maria Adela Constantin Andreea Grecu Richard Oelsner Marc Rademacher
2019 Whistler	Germany II Christopher Grotheer Sophia Griebel Anna Koehler Lisa-Sophie Gericke Johannes Lochner Marc Rademacher	Canada I David Greszczyszyn Mirela Rahneva Christine de Bruin Kristen Bujnowski Nicholas Poloniato Joyce Keefer	United States II Greg West Savannah Graybill Brittany Reinbolt Jessica Davisi Geoffrey Gadbois Kristopher Horn

Mix competition

This competition was held for the first time in 2020 and replaced the team competition with the bobsleigh athletes. In this competition, a male and female skeleton competed as a team.

WM	gold	silver	bronze
2020 Altenberg	Germany Jacqueline Lölling Alexander Gassner	Canada Jane Channell David Greszczyszyn	Italy Valentina Margaglio Mattia Gaspari

Medalist

• Placement: order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared and then the bronze medals won.
• Name: Name of the athlete.
• Country: The country for which the athlete started.
• By: The year the athlete won the first medal.
• Until: The year in which the athlete won the last medal.
• Gold: Number of gold medals won.
• Silver: Number of silver medals won.
• Bronze: Number of bronze medals won.
• Total: Number of all medals won.
• Team medals are only counted for skeleton pilots.

Men

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Martin's course	Latvia	2011	2019	6th	1	-	7th
2.	Gregor Stähli	Switzerland	1990	2009	3	4th	3	10
3.	Axel Jungk	Germany	2015	2020	3	2	-	5
4th	Christopher Grotheer	Germany	2019	2020	2	-	-	2
5.	Jeff Pain	Canada	2001	2005	2	1	-	3
6th	Ryan Davenport	Canada	1995	1997	2	-	1	3
7th	Frank Rommel	Germany	2008	2013	1	4th	2	7th
7th	Alexander Tretyakov	Russia	2009	2016	1	4th	2	7th
9.	Andy Schmid	Austria	1990	1994	1	3	-	4th
10.	Christian Auer	Austria	1989	1996	1	2	2	5
11.	Jim Shea	United States	1997	2000	1	1	1	3
11.	Alain Wicki	Switzerland	1982	1999	1	1	1	3
13.	Andy Boehme	Germany	1998	2000	1	1	-	2
14th	Duff Gibson	Canada	2004	2005	1	-	1	2
14th	Michael Grünberger	Austria	1990	1991	1	-	1	2
14th	Willi Schneider	Germany	1998	1999	1	-	1	2
14th	Frank Kleber	Germany	2004	2007	1	-	1	2
18th	Matthew Antoine	United States	2012	2012	1	-	-	1
18th	Kristan Bromley	United Kingdom	2008	2008	1	-	-	1
18th	John Daly	United States	2013	2013	1	-	-	1
18th	Gert Elsässer	Austria	1982	1982	1	-	-	1
18th	Alexander Gassner	Germany	2020	2020	1	-	-	1
18th	Mirsad Halilovic	Germany	2011	2011	1	-	-	1
18th	Sebastian Haupt	Germany	2008	2008	1	-	-	1
18th	Martin Rettl	Austria	2001	2001	1	-	-	1
18th	Bruce Sandford	New Zealand	1992	1992	1	-	-	1
18th	Juerg Wenger	Switzerland	1995	1995	1	-	-	1

Women

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Tina Hermann	Germany	2015	2020	5	2	-	7th
2.	Marion Thees	Germany	2009	2013	4th	2	-	6th
3.	Jacqueline Lölling	Germany	2015	2020	3	2	-	5
4th	Noelle Pikus-Pace	United States	2005	2013	2	3	-	5
4th	Anja Huber	Germany	2008	2015	2	3	-	5
6th	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Switzerland	2001	2009	2	2	1	5
7th	Katie Uhlaender	United States	2007	2012	2	1	3	6th
8th.	Michelle Kelly	Canada	2003	2005	1	1	1	3
9.	Elizabeth Yarnold	United Kingdom	2013	2017	1	-	2	3
10.	Sophia Griebel	Germany	2019	2019	1	-	-	1
10.	Steffi Hanzlik	Germany	2000	2000	1	-	-	1
10.	Monique Riekewald	Germany	2007	2007	1	-	-	1
10.	Shelley Rudman	United Kingdom	2013	2013	1	-	-	1
10.	Diana Sartor	Germany	2004	2004	1	-	-	1

Nations ratings

The team competition is only included in the overall list.

total

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	21st	14th	9	44
2.	Switzerland	7th	8th	5	20th
3.	Canada	6th	8th	9	23
4th	Austria	5	8th	8th	21st
5.	Latvia	6th	1	1	8th
6th	United States	5	7th	12	24
7th	United Kingdom	3	3	1	7th
8th.	Russia	1	6th	5	12
9.	New Zealand	1	-	1	2
10.	South Korea	-	1	1	2
11.	International team	-	-	1	1
11.	Italy	-	-	1	1

Men

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Latvia	6th	1	1	8th
2.	Austria	5	7th	6th	18th
3.	Switzerland	5	5	4th	14th
4th	Canada	5	2	2	9
5.	Germany	3	5	5	13
6th	United States	1	3	5	9
7th	Russia	1	4th	3	8th
8th.	United Kingdom	1	1	-	2
9.	New Zealand	1	-	1	2
10.	South Korea	-	1	1	2

Women

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Germany	9	4th	4th	17th
2.	United States	2	3	4th	9
3.	United Kingdom	2	2	2	6th
4th	Switzerland	2	2	-	4th
5.	Canada	1	3	4th	8th
6th	Russia	-	1	1	2
7th	Austria	-	1	1	2

Web links

• Website of the world association IBSF

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