Marco Jakobs

Marco Jakobs
Medal record
Men's Bobsleigh
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1998 Nagano Four-man
World Championships
Gold 2001 St. Moritz Two-man

Marco Jakobs (sometimes spelled Marco Jacobs, born 30 May 1974 in Unna, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann and Olaf Hampel.

Jakobs also won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

References

v · d · eOlympic Champions in Four-Man Bobsleigh
1924: Switzerland (Eduard Scherrer, Alfred Neveu, Alfred Schläppi, & Heinrich Schläppi)  • 1928 (five-man): United States (Billy Fiske, Nion Tocker, Geoffrey Mason, Clifford Grey, & Richard Parke)  • 1932: United States (Billy Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Clifford Grey, & Jay O'Brien)  • 1936: Switzerland (Pierre Musy, Arnold Gartmann, Charles Bouvier, & Joseph Beerli)  • 1948: United States (Francis Tyler, Patrick Martin, Edward Rimkus, & William D'Amico)  • 1952: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Friedrich Kuhn, Lorenz Nieberl, & Franz Kemser)  • 1956: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, & Heinrich Angst)  • 1960: Not held  • 1964: Canada (Vic Emery, Peter Kirby, Doug Anakin, & John Emery)  • 1968: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Luciano de Paolis, Roberto Zandonella, & Mario Armano)  • 1972: Switzerland (Jean Wicki, Edy Hubacher, Hans Leutenegger, & Werner Camichel)  • 1976: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Jochen Babock, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Bernhard Lehmann)  • 1980: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bogdan Musiol, Bernhard Germeshausen, & Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)  • 1984: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Roland Wetzig, Dietmar Schauerhammer, & Andreas Kirchner)  • 1988: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Kurt Meier, Marcel Fässler, & Werner Stocker)  • 1992: Austria (Ingo Appelt, Harald Winkler, Gerhard Haidacher, & Thomas Schroll)  • 1994: Germany (Harald Czudaj, Karsten Brannasch, Olaf Hampel, & Alexander Szelig)  • 1998: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Marco Jakobs, & Olaf Hampel)  • 2002: Germany (André Lange, Enrico Kühn, Kevin Kuske, & Carsten Embach)  • 2006: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Martin Putze, & Kevin Kuske)  • 2010: United States (Steve Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, & Curtis Tomasevicz)
v · World champions in two-man bobsleigh
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: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1958: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1959: Italy (Eugenio Monti & Renzo Alverà) * 1960: 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 (Anthony 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: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider) * 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer & Peter Utzschneider) * 1975: Italy (Giorgio Alvera & Franco Perruquet) * 1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand & Heinz Meier) * 1978: Switzerland (Erich Schärer & Joseph Benz) * 1979: 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: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer) * 1986: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Dietmar Schauerhammer) * 1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler & Celeste Poltera) * 1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe & Bogdan Musiol) * 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: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske) * 2008: Germany (André Lange & Kevin Kuske) * 2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg & Cedric Grand) * 2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov & Alexey Voyevoda)



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