sport.wikisort.org - AthletePierre Fritz Lueders (born 26 September 1970) is a Canadian Olympic, world and World Cup champion bobsledder who competed from 1990 to 2010. He piloted both two-man and four-man bobsleigh, retiring after the 2010 Winter Olympics. He was named to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.[1]
Biography
Lueders grew up in Edmonton and went to Winterburn School for elementary and junior high. He attended Jasper Place High School for grades 10 through 12.
Competitive career
Originally a decathlete, in 1989 he switched to bobsleigh on the advice of a cousin who was a sportswriter in what was then East Germany, who suggested his build was better suited to the latter sport. Beginning as a brakeman and progressing rapidly, he became a pilot by 1991 and in 1992 won the first World Cup race he entered.[2]
A five-time Olympian, Lueders is the most decorated slider in Canadian history. He was the pilot of the Canadian two-man bobsleigh (teamed with Dave MacEachern) that won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics (shared with the Italian duo of Günther Huber and Antonio Tartaglia). This was only Canada's second-ever medal in bobsleigh, and the first since Vic Emery led his four-man crew to victory in 1964. Lueders and MacEachern ended their partnership shortly after the 1998 Games, with MacEachern attempting to make the transition to competing as a pilot in his own right: Lueders subsequently teamed up with Ken Leblanc and Giulio Zardo.[3] At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Lueders placed a disappointing fifth-place finish in two-man, and ninth in four-man, causing him to take the 2002–03 season off in four-man. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the two-man event, he and his brakeman Lascelles Brown won silver despite having to contend with heavy snowfall.
Lueders also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 2004, 2005), four silvers (Two-man: 1995, 1996, 2003; Four-man: 2007), and two bronzes (Four-man: 1999, 2005).
In the Bobsleigh World Cup, Lueders won the combined men's event four times (1993-4, 1994–5, 1997–8, 2005-6), the two-man event a record six times (1993-4, 1994–5, 1996–7, 1997–8, 2002–3, 2005-6), and the four-man event once (1994-5). Pierre Lueders has won 88 career medals in the Bobsleigh World Cup.[4]
Lueders and his brakeman Justin Kripps made the first run down the Whistler Sliding Centre, a facility built for the 2010 Winter Olympics, on 19 December 2007. Turn 7 at the Sliding Centre, "Lueders Loop", is named in his honor after he crashed out his sled during the track's homologation in March 2008, his first crash since the 2001 Goodwill Games.
In 2010, he finished 5th in the two-man bobsleigh race. He finish 5th in the four-man bobsleigh.
Coaching career
Lueders retired after the Vancouver Games and was named as a national bobsleigh team development coach. He left the job in May 2012, saying he wanted a break from the sport after 22 years as an athlete and coach.[5]
However just over a week later Lueders was appointed head coach of the Russian national bobsleigh team[6] that would go on to win two gold medals at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. He left his position as Russia coach in June 2016.[7]
In October 2017 he became caretaker head coach for the Republic of Korea's bobsleigh team ahead of their campaign on home ice at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[8] In the four-man bodsleigh event, the Koreans consisting of Won Yun-jong (pilot), Seo Young-woo, Jun Jung-lin and Kim Dong-hyun tied with one of the German teams for the silver medal, the first Olympic medal won by an Asian bobsleigh team.[9][10]
Personal life
As of 1997, Lueders resides in Calgary, Alberta. Outside of bobsledding, Lueders joined Sotheby's International Realty as an associate in Calgary in January 2017.[7]
Results
World Cup Championships
Rank |
Season |
Event |
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1993–94 |
Two-man |
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1993–94 |
Combined |
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1994–95 |
Two-man |
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1994–95 |
Four-man |
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1994–95 |
Combined |
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1996–97 |
Two-man |
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1997–98 |
Combined |
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1997–98 |
Two-man |
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2002–03 |
Two-man |
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2005–06 |
Combined |
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2005–06 |
Two-man |
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1995–96 |
Combined |
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1995–96 |
Two-man |
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2001–02 |
Two-man |
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2003–04 |
Combined |
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2003–04 |
Two-man |
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2004–05 |
Two-man |
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2006–07 |
Two-man |
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2005-06 |
Four-man |
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2006–07 |
Combined |
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1996–97 |
Combined |
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1998–99 |
Combined |
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1998–99 |
Two-man |
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1999–00 |
Combined |
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1999–00 |
Four-man |
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2004–05 |
Combined |
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2004–05 |
Four-man |
References
External links
 Olympic champions in two-man bobsleigh |
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World champions in two-man bobsleigh |
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- 1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Sebastian Huber)
- 1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană, Dumitru Hubert)
- 1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim, Vasile Dumitrescu)
- 1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt, Emil Diener)
- 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, Byran Black)
- 1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
- 1939: Belgium (René Lunden, Jeans Coops)
- 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
- 1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Friedrich Waller)
- 1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
- 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Lorenz Nieberl)
- 1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli)
- 1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier, Andrea Zambelli)
- 1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton)
- 1957–60: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
- 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti, Enrico de Lorenzo)
- 1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1965: Great Britain (Tony Nash, Robin Dixon)
- 1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler, Reinhold Durnthaler)
- 1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Adriano Frassinelli)
- 1970: West Germany (Horst Floth, Pepi Bader)
- 1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari, Mario Armano)
- 1973–74: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
- 1975: Italy (Giorgio Alverà, Franco Perruquet)
- 1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Heinz Meier)
- 1978–79: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Joseph Benz)
- 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)
- 1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
- 1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Urs Leuthold)
- 1985–86: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
- 1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Celeste Poltera)
- 1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł)
- 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber)
- 1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner, Markus Zimmermann)
- 1993: Germany (Christoph Langen, Peer Joechel)
- 1995: Germany (Christoph Langen, Olaf Hampel)
- 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
- 1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin)
- 1999: Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
- 2000: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
- 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Marco Jakobs)
- 2003: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
- 2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo)
- 2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Lascelles Brown)
- 2007–08: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
- 2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Cédric Grand)
- 2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Alexey Voyevoda)
- 2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Steven Langton)
- 2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Jannis Bäcker)
- 2015–20: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)
- 2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Alexander Schüller)
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World Cup champions in bobsleigh men's combined |
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World Cup champions in two-man bobsleigh |
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World Cup champions in four-man bobsleigh |
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- 1984–85 (unofficial): United States (Jeffrey Jost)
- 1985–86 (unofficial): Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser)
- 1986–87 (unofficial): United States (Matt Roy)
- 1987–88 (unofficial): Austria (Ingo Appelt) & Austria (Peter Kienast)
- 1988–89 (unofficial): Austria (Ingo Appelt)
- 1989–90 (unofficial): Canada (Chris Lori)
- 1990–91: Switzerland (Gustav Weder)
- 1991–92: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
- 1992–93: United States (Brian Shimer)
- 1993–94: Austria (Hubert Schösser)
- 1994–95: Canada (Pierre Lueders)
- 1995–96: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe)
- 1996–97: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner)
- 1997–98: Germany (Harald Czudaj)
- 1998–99: Germany (Christoph Langen)
- 1999–2000: Switzerland (Marcel Rohner)
- 2000–01: Germany (André Lange)
- 2001–02: Switzerland (Martin Annen)
- 2002–03: Germany (André Lange)
- 2003–04: Germany (André Lange)
- 2004–05: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
- 2005–06: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
- 2006–07: Russia (Yevgeni Popov)
- 2007–08: Germany (André Lange)
- 2008–09: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
- 2009–10: United States (Steven Holcomb)
- 2010–11: Germany (Manuel Machata)
- 2011–12: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
- 2012–13: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov)
- 2013–14: Germany (Maximilian Arndt)
- 2014–15: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis)
- 2015–16: Germany (Maximilian Arndt)
- 2016–17: Russia (Alexander Kasjanov)
- 2017–18: Germany (Johannes Lochner)
- 2018–19: Germany (Francesco Friedrich)
- 2019–20: Germany (Francesco Friedrich)
- 2020–21: Germany (Francesco Friedrich)
- 2021–22: Germany (Francesco Friedrich)
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Pierre Lueders, (26 septembre 1970 à Edmonton - ), est un pilote de bobsleigh canadien.
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Pierre Fritz Lueders (Edmonton, 26 settembre 1970) è un ex bobbista canadese, campione olimpico di bob a due a Nagano 1998.
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Пьер Фриц Лю́дерс (англ. Pierre Fritz Lueders, 26 сентября 1970, Эдмонтон, Альберта) — канадский бобслеист немецкого происхождения, пилот, выступавший за сборную Канады с 1990 года по 2010-й. Олимпийский чемпион, дважды чемпион мира, многократный обладатель Кубка мира. После окончания спортивной карьеры работал техническим тренером в главной национальной команде своей страны, ныне занимает пост главного тренера сборной России по бобслею.
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