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

Olympic Champions in Four-Man Bobsleigh

1924: Switzerland
- Eduard Scherrer
- Alfred Neveu
- Alfred Schläppi
- Heinrich Schläppi
1928 (five-man): USA
- Billy Fiske
- Nion Tocker
- Geoffrey Mason
- Clifford Grey
- Richard Parke
1932: USA
- Billy Fiske
- Eddie Eagan
- Clifford Grey
- Jay O'Brien
1936: Switzerland
- Pierre Musy
- Arnold Gartmann
- Charles Bouvier
- Joseph Beerli
1948: USA
- 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: USA
- Steve Holcomb
- Justin Olsen
- Steve Mesler
- Curtis Tomasevicz
2014: RUS
- Alexandr Zubkov
- Dmitry Trunenkov
- Alexey Negodaylo
- Alexey Voyevoda

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, Cédric Grand)
2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Alexey Voyevoda)
2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Steven Langton)
2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Jannis Bäcker)
2015: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)

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