Skeleton World Cup 2002/03

Skeleton World Cup 2002/03
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup	Chris Soule	Michelle Kelly
Competitions
Venues	06th	06th
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The 2002/03 Skeleton World Cup was a series of skeleton competitions organized by the FIBT between November 23, 2002 and February 2, 2003 . The highlight of the season was the 2003 Skeleton World Championship in Nagano after the World Cup races . The American Chris Soule and the Canadian Michelle Kelly won the overall ratings for the first time. In the national rankings, the USA were also ahead for men and Canada for women. The overall winner of the previous season, Gregor Stähli , came in fifth; Last year's winner Alexandra Coomber ended her career after the 2002 Olympic Games . The European Cup and America's Cup served as the foundation for the World Cup .

World Cup overview

World Cup in Calgary , November 23, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Lindsay Alcock	Michelle Kelly	Maya Pedersen
Men	Jeff Pain	Duff Gibson	Gregor Stähli

World Cup in Park City , November 30, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Tristan Gale	Lindsay Alcock	Michelle Kelly
Men	Jeff Pain	Martin Rettl	Kazuhiro Koshi

World Cup in Lake Placid , December 6, 2002
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Lindsay Alcock	Michelle Kelly	Deanna Panting
Men	Chris Soule	Kevin Ellis	Brady Canfield

World Cup in Igls , January 17, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Lindsay Alcock	Ekaterina Mironova	Michelle Kelly
Men	Gregor Stähli	Chris Soule	Martin Rettl

World Cup and European Championship in St. Moritz , January 24, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Michelle Kelly	Mellisa Hollingsworth	Lindsay Alcock
Men	Chris Soule	Jeff Pain	Walter Stern

World Cup in Altenberg , February 2, 2003
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Diana Sartor	Michelle Kelly	Maya Pedersen
Men	Philippe Cavoret	Walter Stern	Kazuhiro Koshi

World Championship in Nagano , 15./16. February 2003

Overall stand men

rank	Surname	country	CAL	PAR	LAK	IGL	STM	OLD	Points
1.	Chris Soule	United States	06th	06th	01	02	01	07th	238
2.	Jeff Pain	Canada	01	01	05	05	02	13	234
3.	Kazuhiro Koshi	Japan	04th	03	13	06th	10	03	194
4th	Martin Rettl	Austria	09	02	15th	03	11	05	184
5.	Gregor Stähli	Switzerland	03	04th	-	01	04th	-	167
6th	Kristan Bromley	United Kingdom	07th	07th	14th	04th	12	06th	166
7th	Duff Gibson	Canada	02	15th	06th	08th	17th	09	161
8th.	Walter Stern	Austria	19th	17th	10	14th	03	02	155
9.	Kevin Ellis	United States	14th	10	02	10	06th	18th	155
10.	Paul Boehm	Canada	11	18th	04th	07th	05	22nd	147
11.	Brady Canfield	United States	18th	05	03	12	19th	10	146
12.	Philippe Cavoret	France	16	11	07th	11	27	01	141
13.	Snorre Pedersen	Norway	08th	13	16	18th	13	04th	133
14th	Zach Lund	United States	10	08th	09	38	09	08th	127
15th	Cédric Tamani	Switzerland	13	11	08th	15th	08th	19th	124
16.	Dirk Matschenz	Netherlands	05	09	11	-	-	-	081
17th	Stefano Maldifassi	Italy	24	24	20th	13	23	14th	074
18th	Florian Grassl	Germany	-	-	-	09	07th	15th	071
19th	Stuart Hayden	United Kingdom	25th	25th	21st	21st	18th	23	059
20th	Masaru Inada	Japan	12	14th	17th	26th	-	-	058
21st	Reinhold Pescosta	Italy	23	22nd	28	22nd	21st	20th	055
22nd	Andy Boehme	Germany	17th	19th	11	-	-	-	049
23.	Nathan Cicoria	Canada	-	-	-	17th	25th	11	043
24.	Willi Schneider	Germany	22nd	16	19th	-	-	-	039
25th	Grégory Saint-Géniès	France	30th	29	24	30th	15th	24	037
26th	Juerg Wenger	Switzerland	20th	23	-	-	16	-	037
27.	Wolfram Lösch	Germany	-	-	-	19th	28	16	032
28.	Turc Harmesynn	Canada	15th	28	22nd	-	-	-	030th
29	Konstantin Aladashvili	Russia	26th	21st	27	23	32	-	029
30th	Markus Penz	Austria	27	20th	23	29	-	-	027
31.	Odd Arne Almli	Norway	-	-	-	25th	23	21st	027
32.	Hiroyuki Maruyama	Japan	-	-	-	36	14th	25th	025th
33.	Yūki Nozawa	Japan	21st	-	18th	-	-	-	025th
34.	Simon Wiesheu	Germany	-	-	-	27	-	12	024
35.	Peter van Wees	Netherlands	28	31	29	32	29	17th	022nd
36.	Uwe Müller	Austria	-	-	-	16	26th	-	021st
37.	Jean-Claude Ray	Switzerland	29	30th	25th	24	-	28	021st
38.	Kang Kwang-bae	South Korea	-	-	-	20th	-	-	012
38.	Felix Poletti	Switzerland	-	-	-	-	20th	-	012
40.	Steve Anson	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	21st	-	011
41.	Kōshun Tōjō	Japan	-	27	-	-	-	26th	009
42.	Josef Chuchla	Czech Republic	31	DSQ	26th	32	30th	-	006th
43.	Tim Cassin	Ireland	34	26th	-	-	-	-	005
44.	AJ Sutherland	United Kingdom	-	-	-	31	-	27	004th
45.	Alexander Mutowin	Russia	-	-	-	28	31	-	003
46.	Alexander Archipenko	Russia	33	32	30th	-	-	-	001
-	David Connolly	Ireland	-	-	-	34	-	-	000
-	Håvard Engelien	Norway	32	33	-	-	-	-	000
-	Erik Geerts	Netherlands	-	-	-	35	-	-	000
-	Marek Jiřičko	Czech Republic	-	-	-	37	33	-	000

Nations Cup Men

rank	country	Points
1	United States	428
2	Canada	425
3	Austria	382
4th	Switzerland	353
5	Japan	345
6th	United Kingdom	309
7th	Germany	298
8th	France	267
9	Norway	245
10	Italy	238
11	Netherlands	184
12	Russia	127
13	Czech Republic	57
14th	Ireland	29
15th	South Korea	21st

Total women

rank	Surname	country	CAL	PAR	LAK	IGL	STM	OLD	Points
1.	Michelle Kelly	Canada	02	03	02	03	01	02	184
2.	Lindsay Alcock	Canada	01	02	01	01	03	08th	182
3.	Tristan Gale	United States	04th	01	05	04th	08th	10	142
4th	Maya Pedersen	Switzerland	03	04th	04th	11	10	03	137
5.	Diana Sartor	Germany	05	05	07th	09	07th	01	136
6th	Mellisa Hollingsworth	Canada	08th	08th	06th	08th	02	12	120
7th	Deanna Panting	Canada	11	17th	03	05	04th	-	100
8th.	Ekaterina Mironova	Russia	06th	09	10	02	15th	-	096
9.	Tanja Morel	Switzerland	12	14th	15th	13	09	07th	086
10.	Kathrine Koczynski	United States	15th	07th	13	12	13	10	086
11.	Monique Riekewald	Germany	07th	-	08th	06th	06th	DNF	079
12.	Eiko Nakayama	Japan	10	16	09	14th	05	-	078
13.	Dany Locati	Italy	16	11	16	10	24	06th	074
14th	Natsuko Kanke	Japan	14th	12	12	20th	18th	13	067
15th	Steffi Hanzlik	Germany	09	06th	14th	-	14th	-	062
16.	Natasha Ellison	United States	17th	13	17th	16	16	15th	062
17th	Kerstin Juergens	Germany	-	-	-	07th	20th	05	048
18th	Louise Corcoran	New Zealand	19th	18th	20th	18th	23	14th	044
19th	Noelle Pikus-Pace	United States	-	-	-	15th	11	09	043
20th	Desirée Bjerke	Norway	13	15th	21st	21st	19th	-	041
21st	Lyudmila Klak	Russia	20th	21st	19th	28	12	18th	040
22nd	Felicia Canfield	United States	18th	10	11	-	-	-	039
23.	Carina Willoughby	United Kingdom	21st	19th	18th	22nd	17th	-	033
24.	Kelly Moffat	New Zealand	22nd	20th	22nd	24	25th	16	027
25th	Julia Eichhorn	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	04th	025th
26th	Lydia Mayr	Austria	-	-	-	19th	21st	-	012
27.	Kazue Kineri	Japan	-	-	-	26th	27	17th	009
28.	Costanza Zanoletti	Italy	-	-	-	17th	-	-	009
29	Donna Reeve	United Kingdom	23	22nd	24	27	26th	-	009
30th	Heather Ratnage-Black	United Kingdom	24	23	23	-	-	-	008th
31.	Michaela Pitsch	Switzerland	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	004th
32.	Judith Huber	Italy	-	-	-	23	-	-	003
33.	Jessica Kilian	Switzerland	-	-	-	25th	-	-	001

Nations Cup Women

rank	country	Points
1	Canada	344
2	Germany	303
3	United States	275
4th	Switzerland	267
5	Japan	212
6th	Russia	181
7th	New Zealand	131
8th	Italy	117
9	United Kingdom	92
10	Norway	66
11	Austria	22nd

Web links

• Results Calgary at Davenport Sleds , accessed January 22, 2015. (English)
• Park City results at Davenport Sleds , accessed January 22, 2015. (English)
• Results Lake Placid at Davenport Sleds , accessed January 22, 2015. (English)
• Results Igls at Davenport Sleds , accessed on January 22, 2015. (English)
• Results St. Moritz at Davenport Sleds , accessed on January 22, 2015. (English)
• Results Altenberg bei Davenport Sleds , accessed on January 22, 2015. (English)
• Overall and national rankings at Davenport Sleds , accessed on January 22, 2015. (English)