Skeleton European Cup 2007/08

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The European Skeleton Cup 2007/08 was a skeleton racing series organized by the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT) . It was held for the eighth time and comprised six competitions at five competition locations. Together with the Intercontinental Cup and the America's Cup, it was part of the foundation of the World Cup .

Four athletes each from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy were entitled to start in the men’s race. All other nations from Europe and all African countries were entitled to three starting positions, the other nations to two. For the women, four starting places were reserved for athletes from Russia, Germany, Italy and Romania. The same rules applied to the other starting places as to the men.

Men

Events

date place winner Second Third
November 23, 2007 AustriaAustria Igls GermanyGermany Alexander Gassner GermanyGermany David Ludwig GermanyGermany Sandro Stielicke
November 30, 2007 GermanyGermany Koenigssee GermanyGermany Alexander Gassner GermanyGermany Sandro Stielicke RussiaRussia Denis Zintschenko
December 14, 2007 ItalyItaly Cesana RussiaRussia Sergei Smirnov JapanJapan Shinsuke Tayama United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andrew John Lawson
January 17, 2008 SwitzerlandSwitzerland St. Moritz GermanyGermany Alexander Gassner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Pascal Oswald United StatesUnited States John Daly
January 25, 2008 GermanyGermany Winterberg GermanyGermany Alexander Gassner GermanyGermany David Ludwig GermanyGermany Steffen Rothacker
January 26, 2008 GermanyGermany Winterberg GermanyGermany David Ludwig RussiaRussia Sergey Chudinov GermanyGermany Alexander Gassner

Men's individual ranking

space athlete country Points
1 Alexander Gassner GermanyGermany Germany 391
2 David Ludwig GermanyGermany Germany 309
3 Sergei Smirnov RussiaRussia Russia 245
4th Steffen Rothacker GermanyGermany Germany 212
5 John Daly United StatesUnited States United States 183
6th Martin Brugger AustriaAustria Austria 172
7th Andrew John Lawson United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 168
8th Alberto Polacchi ItalyItaly Italy 126
9 Sandro Stielicke GermanyGermany Germany 120
10 Andrei Swistow RussiaRussia Russia 118

Women

Events

date place winner Second Third
November 23, 2007 AustriaAustria Igls GermanyGermany Kathleen Lorenz SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jessica Kilian AustraliaAustralia Amilia Wallace
November 30, 2007 GermanyGermany Koenigssee GermanyGermany Kathleen Lorenz SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jessica Kilian RussiaRussia Bella Sterlikova
December 14, 2007 ItalyItaly Cesana GermanyGermany Kathleen Lorenz RussiaRussia Bella Sterlikova GermanyGermany Sarah Sartor
January 17, 2008 SwitzerlandSwitzerland St. Moritz RussiaRussia Bella Sterlikova GermanyGermany Katharina Hamann United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sarah Elisabeth Sydney
January 25, 2008 GermanyGermany Winterberg RussiaRussia Jelena Yudina NetherlandsNetherlands Joska Le Conté GermanyGermany Katharina Hamann
January 26, 2008 GermanyGermany Winterberg RussiaRussia Jelena Yudina AustriaAustria Janine Flock GermanyGermany Katharina Hamann

Individual women ranking

space athlete country Points
1 Bella Sterlikova RussiaRussia Russia 317
2 Katharina Hamann GermanyGermany Germany 305
3 Jelena Yudina RussiaRussia Russia 264
4th Kathleen Lorenz GermanyGermany Germany 225
5 Janine Flock AustriaAustria Austria 207
6th Sarah Sartor GermanyGermany Germany 197
7th Michaela Gläßer Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 179
8th Elina Galiewa RussiaRussia Russia 178
9 Joska Le Conté NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 161
10 Sarah Elisabeth Sydney United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 145

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