FIBT World Championships 2007

The FIBT World Championships 2007 took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland for the record twenty-first time, doing so previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1989 (Skelton), 1990 (Bobsleigh), 1997 (Bobsleigh), 1998 (Skeleton), and 2001 (Men's bobsleigh). The mixed team event consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh debuted at these championships.

Bobsleigh[]

Two man[]

Pos	Team	Athletes	Time	Behind
	Germany	André Lange Kevin Kuske	4:26.62	–
	Switzerland	Ivo Rüegg Aleksandr Streltsov Tommy Herzog[a]	4:26.81	+0.19
	Italy	Simone Bertazzo Samuele Romanini	4:27.28	+0.66
4	United States	Steven Holcomb Brock Kreitzburg	4:27.50	+0.88
5	Switzerland	Thomas Lamparter Daniel Schmid	4:27.61	+0.99
6	Austria	Wolfgang Stampfer Martin Lachkovics	4:28.15	+1.53
7	Canada	Pierre Lueders David Bissett	4:28.24	+1.62

Four man[]

Pos	Team	Athletes	Time	Behind
	Switzerland	Ivo Rüegg Thomas Lamparter Beat Hefti Cédric Grand	4:20.86	–
	Canada	Pierre Lueders Ken Kotyk David Bissett Lascelles Brown	4:21.09	+0.23
	Germany	André Lange René Hoppe Kevin Kuske Martin Putze	4:21.10	+0.24

Two woman[]

Pos	Team	Athletes	Time	Behind
	Germany	Sandra Kiriasis Romy Logsch	4:33.84	–
	Germany	Cathleen Martini Janine Tischer	4:35.89	+2.05
	United States	Shauna Rohbock Valerie Fleming	4:36.27	+2.43

Skeleton[]

Men[]

Pos	Athlete	Time
	Gregor Stähli (SUI)
	Eric Bernotas (USA)
	Zach Lund (USA)

Women[]

Pos	Athlete	Time
	Noelle Pikus-Pace (USA)
	Maya Pedersen (SUI)
	Katie Uhlaender (USA)

Pikus-Pace is the first American woman to win a gold medal in bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton at the World Championship level.

Mixed team[]

Pos	Team	Time
	Germany (Frank Kleber, Sandra Kiriasis, Berit Wiacker, Monique Riekewald, Karl Angerer, Marc Kühne)
	United States (Eric Bernotas, Erin Pac, Emily Azevedo, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Mike Kohn, Curtis Tomasevicz)
	Switzerland (Gregor Stähli, Sabrina Hafner, Katharina Sutter, Maya Pedersen, Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter)

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	3	1	1	5
2	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	1	5
3	United States (USA)	1	2	3	6
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
5	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		6	6	6	18

References[]

• World Championships • St. Moritz • 2-man Bobsleigh
• World Championships • St. Moritz • 2-woman Bobsleigh
• World Championships • St. Moritz • 4-man Bobsleigh
• 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
• 2-Woman bobsleigh World Champions
• 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions^{[permanent dead link]}
• Men's skeleton World Champions
• Mixed bobsleigh/skeleton World Champions
• Women's skeleton World Champions

External links[]

• Official website (in German)