Lisa Buckwitz

Lisa-Marie Buckwitz (born 2 December 1994) is a German bobsledder. She competed in the two-woman event at the 2018 Winter Olympics and won the gold medal.

Lisa Buckwitz
Buckwitz in 2018
Personal information
Full nameLisa-Marie Buckwitz
Born (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994
Berlin, Germany
Sport
CountryGermany
SportBobsleigh
Medal record
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTwo-woman
European Championships
2018 Innsbruck-IglsTwo-woman
2016 St. MoritzTwo-woman

Career

Buckwitz started off as a heptathlete.[1] Buckwitz took up bobsleigh in 2013,[2] and trains at the SC Potsdam club.[3][4] She won two junior championships.[2]

In 2015, Buckwitz and Cathleen Martini won the two-woman Bobsleigh World Cup event in Königssee.[5] In 2016, Buckwitz and Stephanie Schneider won a bronze medal in the two-woman at the Bobsleigh European Championship,[6] and came fourth in the two-woman event at the IBSF World Championships in Igls, Austria.[7] In 2017, Buckwitz, Christopher Grotheer, Stephanie Schneider, Tina Hermann, Nico Walther and Philipp Wobeto won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the IBSF World Championships in Königssee. They finished behind another German team.[8]

At the beginning of the 2017-18 season, German bobsleigh coach René Spies paired Buckwitz with Mariama Jamanka.[1] The pair were nicknamed the "Berlin Bob", as Buckwitz and Jamanka are both from Berlin.[9] Buckwitz and Jamanka won a silver medal at the 2018 Bobsleigh European Championships.[1] At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Buckwitz and Jamanka competed in the two-woman event and won the gold medal.[2][10][11] The win was unexpected, as the other German bobsleigh, containing Stephanie Schneider and Annika Drazek, was the favourite to win.[9] German teams won all three of the bobsleigh events at the Games.[11] As a result of her Olympic win, Buckwitz was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf),[12] and was voted Brandenburg's Sportswoman of the Year.[13] Buckwitz and Jamanka won the opening race of the 2018–2019 Bobsleigh World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia.[14][15]

Aside from her bobsleigh career, Buckwitz has worked as a state police officer.[3]

References
  1. "Buckwitz will Bob-Pilotin werden". Sportschau (in German). 3 March 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. "Wenn die Anschieberin zur Chefin wird" (in German). RBB24.de. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. "Lisa Buckwitz fühlt sich wohl im Olympia-Dorf". Märkische Allgemeine. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. Hackenbruch, Felix (21 February 2018). "Bob-Gold für die Hammerwerferin". Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. "BMW IBSF World Cup, KÖNIGSSEE 16/01/2015, 2-woman Bobsleigh". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. "European Championships, ST. MORITZ 06/02/2016, 2-woman Bobsleigh". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  7. "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2016 Igls (AUT)" (PDF) (pdf). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  8. "BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2017 Königssee (GER)" (PDF) (pdf). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  9. "Winter Olympics 2018: Shock win for Germany's 'Berlin Bob'". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  10. Graham, Bryan Armen (21 February 2018). "Bobsleigh duo Mica McNeill and Mica Moore make most of crowdfunding". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  11. "German squad completes sweep of bobsled gold medals". Reuters. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via The Japan Times.
  12. "Silbernes Lorbeerblatt und Verdienstorden" (in German). Office of the President of Germany. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  13. "Lisa-Marie Buckwitz: Krönung für das perfekte Jahr". SportsBuzzer (in German). 9 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  14. "Lisa Buckwitz: Von der Anschieberin zur Bob-Pilotin". Info Radio (in German). 11 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  15. "BMW IBSF World Cup". International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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