Three bobsleigh events were competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, at the Cesana Pariol venue. The competition took place between February 18 and February 25, 2006. Approximately 7,130 spectators were expected by the organizing committee. Image File history File links Bobsleigh_2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2100x1500, 1886 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2100x1500, 1886 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize... Historic bobteam from Davos around 1910 Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-02-04, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Neve and Gliz, the 2006 Olympics mascots, on display in Turin The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were held in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. ... Cesana Pariol is the venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The events used a newly built track measuring 1435 metres with 19 curves, a vertical change of 114 metres, and an approximate top speed of 130 kilometres per hour. The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ...

Olympic bobsleigh is governed by the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation.

Medal table

Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	0	0	3
2	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
5	Switzerland	0	0	2	2
6	Italy	0	0	1	1

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Qualification

All entries must have been submitted to the organizing commmittee by 30 January 2006. January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The qualification was based on the results of pilots, with other members of a bobsleigh crew being selected by their National Olympic Committees. In the two man event, the top 22 pilots from the World Cup 2005-2006 season, the top 4 from the European Challenge Cup, and the top 2 from the North American Challenge Cup all qualified, subject to limits on number of crews per NOC. The four man event qualification was identical except that the World Cup season qualifies only 20 pilots. The two woman event allowed the top 15 pilots from the World Cup 2005-2006 season. NOCs may not have selected other pilots than those who were within the qualifying limits, though if more than two pilots have qualified the selection was made by each individual NOC. National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide olympic movement. ...

The host nation is guaranteed at least one crew in each event. In addition, all five of the Olympic continents must be represented, with at least one crew in a men's event and one crew in the two woman event. Each nation is limited to two bobs in each event.

Bobsleigh has a minimum age of 18 by the opening date of the Games for competitors.

Events

Competitions comprised four heats. Teams raced in the first and third heats in the order of the draw. The second heat was raced in order of ranking after the first heat, and the fourth heat is raced in order of the ranking after the first three heats. Total time for the four heats determined the final rank.

Two Man event

The two man event was held on 18 February 2006 (runs 1 and 2) and 19 February 2006 (runs 3 and 4). February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	André Lange / Kevin Kuske (GER)	3:43.38
Silver	Pierre Lueders / Lascelles Brown (CAN)	3:43.59
Bronze	Martin Annen / Beat Hefti (SUI)	3:43.73

When qualifications were concluded on 15 January 2006, the following pilots were in positions that will qualify them for the two-man event^{[1] [2] [3]}. Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... André Lange of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Kevin Kuske of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Flag of Germany Germany is set to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (National Olympic Committee of Germany) have nominated a total of 162 athletes to compete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Pierre Lueders (born 26th September 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a top-level bobsledder. ... Lascelles Brown is a bobsleigh athlete. ... Canada sent 196 athletes and 220 support staff to the 2006 Winter Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Martin Annen of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Beat Hefti (born February 3, 1978) of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Flag of Switzerland Switzerland has sent about 140 athletes to the Winter Olympics in 2006, in Turin, Italy. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Australia
  • Jeremy Rolleston
• Austria
  • Wolfgang Stampler
  • Jürgen Loacker
• Canada
  • Pierre Lueders
  • Serge Despres
• Czech Republic
  • Ivo Danilevic
• France
  • Bruno Mingeon
• Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Lee Johnston
  • Dan Humphreys
• Germany
  • Matthias Höpfner
  • Andre Lange
• Hungary
  • Marton Gyulai
• Italy
  • Fabrizio Tosini
  • Simone Bertazzo
• Latvia
  • Janis Minins
  • Gatis Guts
• Netherlands
  • Arend Glas
• New Zealand
  • Alan Henderson
• Romania
  • Nicolae Istrate
  • Mihai Iliescu
• Russia
  • Alexandr Zoubkov
  • Evgeni Popov
• Slovakia
  • Milan Jagnesak
• Switzerland
  • Martin Annen
  • Ivo Rüegg
• United States
  • Two from the following three:
  • Todd Hays
  • Steven Holcomb
  • Mike Kohn

Pos	Pilot	Brakeman	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
1	Andre Lange	Kevin Kuske	Germany	55.28	55.73	56.01	56.36	3:43.38
2	Pierre Lueders	Lascelles Brown	Canada	55.57	55.50	56.11	56.41	3:43.59
3	Martin Annen	Beat Hefti	Switzerland	55.54	55.67	56.18	56.34	3:43.73
4	Alexandre Zoubkov	Alexey Voevoda	Russia	55.54	55.85	56.12	56.49	3:44.00
5	Matthias Hoepfner	Marc Kuehne	Germany	55.56	55.82	56.24	56.63	3:44.25
6	Janis Minins	Daumants Dreishkens	Latvia	55.94	55.84	56.16	56.69	3:44.63
7	Todd Hays	Pavle Jovanovic	United States	55.81	55.72	56.31	56.88	3:44.72
8	Ivo Rueegg	Cedric Grand	Switzerland	55.85	55.74	56.37	56.90	3:44.86

Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Pierre Lueders (born 26th September 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a top-level bobsledder. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (English: God and my right)1 Official language None; English is de facto 2 Capital London Largest city London Monarch Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Tony Blair Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 76th 241,590 km² 93,278 mi² 1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... André Lange of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... Jānis Miņins (born 15 August 1980, KuldÄ«ga) is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot who has competed for Latvia in World Cup and World Championship events since 1999. ... Gatis GÅ«ts (born 15 April 1976, Ventspils) is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot who has competed since 1994. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Martin Annen of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... André Lange of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Kevin Kuske of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Pierre Lueders (born 26th September 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a top-level bobsledder. ... Lascelles Brown is a bobsleigh athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Martin Annen of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Beat Hefti (born February 3, 1978) of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Alexandre Zoubkov of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Alexey Voevoda of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Jānis Miņins (born 15 August 1980, KuldÄ«ga) is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot who has competed for Latvia in World Cup and World Championship events since 1999. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Cedric Grand of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ...

Four man event

The four man event was held on 24 February 2006 (runs 1 and 2) and 25 February 2006 (runs 3 and 4). February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Medal	Athletes	Time
Gold	André Lange / Rene Hoppe / Kevin Kuske / Martin Putze (GER)	3:40.42
Silver	Alexandre Zoubkov / Philippe Egorov / Alexei Seliverstov / Alexey Voevoda (RUS)	3:40.55
Bronze	Martin Annen / Thomas Lamparter / Beat Hefti / Cedric Grand (SUI)	3:40.83

When qualifications were concluded on 15 January 2006, the following pilots were in positions that will qualify them for the four-man event^{[4] [5] [6]}. Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... André Lange of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Rene Hoppe of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Kevin Kuske of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Martin Putze of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Flag of Germany Germany is set to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (National Olympic Committee of Germany) have nominated a total of 162 athletes to compete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Alexandre Zoubkov of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Philippe of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Alexei Seliverstov of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Alexey Voevoda of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Flag of Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Martin Annen of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Thomas Lamparter (born 9 June 1978) of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Beat Hefti (born February 3, 1978) of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Cedric Grand of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Flag of Switzerland Switzerland has sent about 140 athletes to the Winter Olympics in 2006, in Turin, Italy. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Austria Wolfgang Stampler
• Brazil Ricardo Raschini
• Canada Pierre Lueders
• Croatia Ivan Sola
• France Bruno Mingeon
• Great Britain and Northern Ireland Lee Johnston
• Germany
  • André Lange
  • René Spies
• Hungary Marton Gyulai
• Italy
  • Simone Bertazzo
  • Fabrizio Tosini
• Latvia
  • Janis Minins
  • Mihails Arhipovs
• Netherlands Arend Glas
• New Zealand Alan Henderson
• Poland Dawid Kupczyk
• Romania Nicolae Istrate
• Russia
  • Alexandr Zoubkov
  • Evgeni Popov
• Slovakia Milan Jagnesak
• Switzerland
  • Two from the following three:
  • Martin Annen
  • Ivo Rüegg
  • Martin Galliker
• United States
  • Two from the following three:
  • Todd Hays
  • Steven Holcomb
  • Mike Kohn

Pos	Pilot	Pushers	Brakeman	Nation	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
1	Andre Lange	Rene Hoppe & Kevin Kuske	Martin Putze	Germany	55.20	55.30	54.80	55.12	3:40.42
2	Alexandre Zoubkov	Philippe Egorov & Alexei Seliverstov	Alexey Voevoda	Russia	55.22	55.45	54.87	55.01	3:40.55
3	Martin Annen	Thomas Lamparter & Beat Hefti	Cedric Grand	Switzerland	55.26	55.37	55.00	55.20	3:40.83
4	Pierre Lueders	Ken Kotyk & Morgan Alexander	Lascelles Brown	Canada	55.34	55.43	54.95	55.20	3:40.92
5	Rene Spies	Christoph Heyder & Enrico Kuehn	Alexander Metzger	Germany	55.47	55.48	54.91	55.18	3:41.04
6	Steven Holcomb	Curt Tomasevicz & Bill Schuffenhauer	Lorenzo Smith Iii	United States	55.46	55.50	55.14	55.26	3:41.36
7	Todd Hays	Pavle Jovanovic & Steve Mesler	Brock Kreitzburg	United States	55.43	55.56	55.04	55.41	3:41.44
8	Ivo Rueegg	Andi Gees & Roman Handschin	Christian Aebli	Switzerland	55.65	55.63	55.22	55.30	3:41.80

In addition, one Japanese pilot has right to entry as a representative for the continent of Asia. This could be either Suguru Kiyokawa (2-man) or Hiroshi Suzuki (4-man). Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Pierre Lueders (born 26th September 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a top-level bobsledder. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... André Lange of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ... Jānis Miņins (born 15 August 1980, Kuldīga) is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot who has competed for Latvia in World Cup and World Championship events since 1999. ... Mihalis Arhipovs (born 10 November 1984, Sigulda) is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot who competes for Latvia in the four-man bob events in the World Cup. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Martin Annen of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... André Lange of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Rene Hoppe of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Kevin Kuske of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Martin Putze of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Alexandre Zoubkov of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Philippe of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Alexei Seliverstov of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Alexey Voevoda of Russia is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Martin Annen of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Thomas Lamparter (born 9 June 1978) of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Beat Hefti (born February 3, 1978) of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Cedric Grand of Switzerland is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Pierre Lueders (born 26th September 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a top-level bobsledder. ... Lascelles Brown is a bobsleigh athlete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ...

Two woman event

The two woman event was held on 20 February 2006 (runs 1 and 2) and 21 February 2006 (runs 3 and 4). February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Sandra Kiriasis & Anja Schneiderheinze (GER)	3:49.98
Silver	Shauna Rohbock & Valerie Fleming (USA)	3:50.69
Bronze	Gerda Weissensteiner & Jennifer Isacco (ITA)	3:51.01

When qualifications were concluded on 15 January 2006, the following pilots were in positions that will qualify them for this event^[7] Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Sandra Kiriasis of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Anja Schneiderheinze of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Flag of Germany Germany is set to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (National Olympic Committee of Germany) have nominated a total of 162 athletes to compete. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Shauna Rohbock of the USA is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Valerie Fleming of the USA is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Gerda Weissensteiner (born 1 March 1969 in Bolzano) is a female Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot. ... Jennifer Isacco of Italy is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Flag of Italy Italy was the host country of the 2006 Winter Olympics and was represented by 184 athletes. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Canada
  • Two from the following three:
  • Helen Upperton
  • Suzanne Gavine-Hlady
  • Lesa Mayers-Stringer
• Great Britain and Northern Ireland Nicola Minichiello
• Germany
  • Sandra Kiriasis
  • Susi Erdmann
• Ireland
  • Aoife Hoey
  • Siobhán Hoey
• Italy Gerda Weissensteiner
• Japan Manami Hino
• Netherlands
  • Ilse Broeders
  • Eline Jurg
• Russia Victoria Tokovaia
• Switzerland
  • Sabina Hafner
  • Maya Barnert
• United States
  • Two from the following three:
  • Shauna Rohbock
  • Jean Prahm
  • Jill Bakken

Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Helen Upperton (born October 31, 1979 in Ahmadi, Kuwait) is a Canadian bobsledder from Calgary, Alberta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (English: God and my right)1 Official language None; English is de facto 2 Capital London Largest city London Monarch Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister Tony Blair Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 76th 241,590 km² 93,278 mi² 1. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Sandra Kiriasis of Germany is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Irish bobsleigh competitor from Portarlington, County Laois, Republic of Ireland. ... Irish bobsleigh competitor from Portarlington, County Laois, Republic of Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Gerda Weissensteiner (born 1 March 1969 in Bolzano) is a female Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Shauna Rohbock of the USA is a bobsledder who competed in the bobsleigh events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. ... Jill Bakken (born January 25, 1977, in Portland, Oregon) is an American Olympic bobsleigher. ...

External links

• TOROC Explanatory Book - Bobsleigh