2008 Junior Skeleton World Championship

winner
2008 Junior Skeleton World Championship
	Men's	Ladies
Individual competition	Russia Alexander Tretyakov	Canada Sarah Reid
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The Skeleton Junior World Championship 2008 was the sixth edition of the Skeleton Junior World Championship and took place between February 4th and 10th, 2008 in Innsbruck on the artificial ice rink Igls . In the women’s category, the Canadian secured the junior world championship. In the men's category, the Russian Alexander Tretyakov won his second junior world championship title, making him the second professional skeleton to win two world championships after Kathleen Lorenz ( 2004 and 2005 ).

Participating Nations

Europe (11 nations)

Germany Germany
France France
Italy Italy
Croatia Croatia
Latvia Latvia
Netherlands Netherlands
Austria Austria

Romania Romania
Russia Russia
Switzerland Switzerland
Slovenia Slovenia
Czech Republic Czech Republic
United Kingdom United Kingdom

America (2 nations)

United States United States
Canada Canada

Asia (1 nation)

Japan Japan

Oceania (1 nation)

Australia Australia
New Zealand New Zealand

Medal table

*After 2 of 2 competitions*
space	country
1	Russia Russia	1	-	1	2
2	Canada Canada	1	-	-	1
3	Germany Germany	-	1	1	2
4th	United Kingdom United Kingdom	-	1	-	2
Total		2	2	2	6th

Medalist

competition	gold		silver		bronze
competition	athlete	power	athlete	power	athlete	power
Women	Canada Sarah Reid	1: 51.02 min	Germany Katharina Heinz	1: 51.04 min	Russia Olga Korobkina	1: 51.48 min
Men	Russia Alexander Tretyakov	1: 47.16 min	United Kingdom David Swift	1: 48.10 min	Germany Alexander Gassner	1: 48.35 min

Web links

Results list women in the IBSF database

List of results men in the IBSF database