European Skeleton Championship 2003

The venue for the 9th European Skeleton Championship in 2003 was St. Moritz in Switzerland between January 21 and 24, 2003 . For the first time since 1988 European championships are held again . It is the first European championship for women. Since the competitions took place as part of the World Cup, 23 drivers from overseas (Japan, Canada, New Zealand and the USA) were also at the start. Their placements were deleted from the EM ranking. The winners were Chris Soule ( USA ) for men and Michelle Kelly ( Canada ) for women . The European champions Walter Stern ( Austria ) and Monique Riekewald ( Germany ) came in third and sixth respectively. Overall, the Canadians, Americans and, in some cases, the Japanese dominated the competitions. For the women, for example, four Canadians came in first to fourth.

Men

space	athlete	time
1	Walter Stern (3)	2: 20.68
2	Gregor Stähli (4)	2: 21.13
3	Florian Grassl (7)	2: 22.58
4th	Cederic Tamani (8)	2: 22.69
5	Martin Rettl (11)	2: 22.83
6th	Kristan Bromley (12)	2: 23.09
7th	Snorre Pedersen (13)	2: 23.44
8th	Grégory Saint-Géniès (15)	2: 23.81
9	Juerg Wenger (16)	2: 23.95
10	Stuart Hayden (18)	2: 24.26
11	Felix Poletti (20)	2: 24.58
12	Reinhold Pescosta (21)	2: 24.83
	Steve Anson (21)	2: 24.83
14th	Stefano Maldifassi (23)	2: 24.96
	Odd Arne Almli (23)	2: 24.96
16	Uwe Muller (26)	2: 25.11
17th	Phillippe Cavoret (27)	72.95
18th	Wolfram Lösch (28)	73.02
19th	Peter van Wees (29)	73.49
20th	Josef Chuchla (30)	73.63
21st	Alexander Mutowin (31)	74.11
22nd	Konstantin Aladashvili (32)	75.05
23	Marek Jiricko (33)	75.36

Date: 21.-24. January 2003. There were a total of 33 participants, including 10 drivers from overseas. Only the best 26 of the first run made it to the final. Among them 16 Europeans. The EM places from 17th place onwards result from the times of the first run.

Women

space	sportswoman	time
1	Monique Riekewald	2: 26.05
2	Diana Sartor	2: 26.16
3	Tanja Morel	2: 27.39
4th	Maya Pedersen	2: 27.43
5	Ludmila Klak	2: 27.87
6th	Steffi Hanzlik	2: 09/28
7th	Ekaterina Mironova	2: 28.16
8th	Carina Willoughby	2: 29.44
9	Desiree Bjerke	2: 30.45
10	Kerstin Juergens	2: 30.71
11	Lydia Mayr	1: 15.39
12	Michaela Pitsch	1: 15.78
13	Dany Locati	1: 16.16
14th	Donna Leslie	1: 17.56

Date: 21.-24. January 2003. There were a total of 27 participants, including 13 drivers from overseas. Only the best 20 of the first run made it to the final. Among them 10 European women. The EM-places from the 11th rank result from the times of the first run.