Lisa Buckwitz Explained

Lisa Buckwitz
Full Name:Lisa-Marie Buckwitz
Birth Date:2 December 1994
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Country:Germany
Sport:Bobsleigh

Lisa-Marie Buckwitz (born 2 December 1994) is a German bobsledder. She won a gold medal in the two-woman event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[1]

Career

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

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.[2] 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.[2] At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Buckwitz and Jamanka competed in the two-woman event and won the gold medal.[3] [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] and Buckwitz was the first person from Schöneiche to win an Olympic gold medal.[12] As a result of her Olympic win, Buckwitz was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf),[13] and was voted Brandenburg's Sportswoman of the Year.[14]

Buckwitz and Jamanka won the opening race of the 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia.[15] [16] Buckwitz has also competed in monobob events.[12] At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Buckwitz and Kim Kalicki came fourth in the two-woman event.[17]

Personal life

Buckwitz is from Schöneiche, Berlin, Germany.[12] Aside from her bobsleigh career, she has worked as a state police officer.[18] In February 2022, Buckwitz was represented in the Olympic edition of the German Playboy magazine with a photo series. She was also featured on half of the covers, with Austrian skeleton racer Janine Flock the other half of the covers.[19]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).[1]

Monobob

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lisa Buckwitz . ibsf.org . . 2 February 2023.
  2. News: Buckwitz will Bob-Pilotin werden . de . . 3 March 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Wenn die Anschieberin zur Chefin wird . de . RBB24.de . 10 December 2018 . 15 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174229/https://www.rbb24.de/sport/beitrag/2018/12/bob-olympiasiegerin-buckwitz-von-der-anschieberin-zur-Pilotin.html . 15 December 2018 . dead .
  4. News: Bob-Gold für die Hammerwerferin . Hackenbruch . Felix . . 21 February 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  5. Web site: BMW IBSF World Cup, KÖNIGSSEE 16/01/2015, 2-woman Bobsleigh . . 15 December 2018.
  6. Web site: European Championships, ST. MORITZ 06/02/2016, 2-woman Bobsleigh . . 15 December 2018.
  7. Web site: BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2016 Igls (AUT) . pdf . . 15 December 2018.
  8. Web site: BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2017 Königssee (GER) . pdf . . 15 December 2018.
  9. News: Winter Olympics 2018: Shock win for Germany's 'Berlin Bob' . . 22 February 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  10. News: Bobsleigh duo Mica McNeill and Mica Moore make most of crowdfunding . Graham . Bryan Armen . . 21 February 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  11. News: German squad completes sweep of bobsled gold medals . . . 25 February 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  12. News: Schöneicherin will als Pilotin wieder nach ganz oben. de. Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 23 February 2021. 23 February 2021.
  13. Web site: Silbernes Lorbeerblatt und Verdienstorden . de . . 7 June 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  14. Web site: Lisa-Marie Buckwitz: Krönung für das perfekte Jahr . de . SportsBuzzer . 9 December 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  15. News: Lisa Buckwitz: Von der Anschieberin zur Bob-Pilotin . de . Info Radio . 11 December 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  16. Web site: BMW IBSF World Cup . . 15 December 2018.
  17. Web site: Final results. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. 21 February 2022. 19 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220219143822/https://www.ibsf.org/images/api/download/competitions/006111a8-9e44-49ef-93e5-6f482b3737b2_bobwteam2_fnl__c73b_4.0.pdf. dead.
  18. News: Lisa Buckwitz fühlt sich wohl im Olympia-Dorf . . 9 February 2018 . 15 December 2018.
  19. Web site: Rasend schön: Die Olympiasportlerinnen Lisa Buckwitz und Janine Flock sind unsere neuen Coverstars. 11 February 2022. Playboy. 2 February 2022 . de.