Katrin BEIERL

Austria

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 16 Aug 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MODLING

Birth Country:

Austria

Residence: INNSBRUCK

Residence Country:

Austria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	Women's Monobob	14
	2-woman AUT Austria	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	Women's Monobob Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-woman Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
17	2-woman	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:03:25.840

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	2-woman	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:31.46
7	2-woman	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:50.37
8	Women's Monobob	2021	Altenberg, GER	4:02.51
9	2-woman	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:47.76
14	2-woman	2016	Innsbruck, AUT	3:35.52
15	2-woman	2017	Koenigssee, GER	3:26.56

Junior World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	2-woman	2019	Koenigssee, GER	1:42.24

World Cup Rankings
Season	2-woman
2021/22	17
2020/21	1
2019/20	6
2018/19	8
2017/18	19
2016/17	24
2015/16	11

World Cup Rankings
Season	Women's Monobob
2021/22	16
2020/21	16

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	2-woman
2021/22	1 x 6th, 1 x 10th, 1 x 11th
2020/21	1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 2 x 4th
2019/20	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 2 x 7th
2018/19	2 x 4th, 2 x 6th, 1 x 7th

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Women's Monobob
2021/22	1 x 8th, 1 x 10th, 1 x 11th
2020/21	2 x 3rd, 1 x 15th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
6	2-woman	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:47.41
8	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:49.12
10	2-woman	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:46.87
10	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	2:03.06
11	2-woman	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:58.07
11	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:59.99
12	2-woman	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:54.82
13	2-woman	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:55.99
14	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:51.56
15	Women's Monobob	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:59.16

Nickname:

Kati

Hobbies:

Sports, nature, food

Occupation:

Athlete, Police officer

Education:

Studies Law at the University of Innsbruck (AUT).

Family:

Father, Michael. Mother, Ulkrie.

Languages spoken:

German, English

Club name:

ASKO Bobsleigh and Skeleton Sports Club

Coach:

National: Wolfgang Stampfer (AUT)

Position style:

Pilot

Sporting relatives:

Mother Ulrike Kleindl (Athletics): Primarily a hurdler, competed in the long jump at Seoul 1988 Olympic Games, finishing 22nd.

Father Michael Beierl (Athletics / Bobsleigh): Military world champion in hammer throw. Briefly was a pusher in Gerhard Rainer's bobsleigh.

Other sports:

Athletics: Competed in the hurdles, and was the Austrian 80m school champion at age 14.

Debut:

2015 World Cup in Winterberg (Two-woman - 10th)

National team:

2014

Start:

Moved to Innsbruck in 2012 to study law and saw bobsleigh for the first time at the track there. In January 2014, competed in her first competition at the European Bobsleigh Cup, and finished third overall in 2014/15. (kurier.at, 15 Dec 2017, noen.at, 29 Jan 2019)

Reason:

"When I tried bobsleigh, it was basically love at first sight." (Info 2018)

Ambition:

Win a medal at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (q-perior.com, 16 Jan 2019)

Training:

Named her first set of sled runners “Francesco Friedrich Superset” after purchasing them from the two-time Olympic champion German bobsledder. (IBSF Facebook, 21 Jan 2020)

Hero:

Bobsledder Francesco Friedrich (GER), two-time Olympic champion, 13-time World champion. (ibsf.org)

Influence:

Her parents. (Info 2018)

Ritual:

Her mother does not come to watch her compete. (sn.at, 19 Feb 2018)

Always wears unique socks. (ibsf.org)

Award:

Police Sportswoman of the Year (2021)

General Interest

BSC HIMBERG
Her father founded a bobsleigh and skeleton sports club for her, whose aim is to support bobsleigh in Lower Austria. (sn.at, 19 Feb 2018; bsc-himberg.at)

Milestones

Made her Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018 (with Vici Hahn).

Won gold at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Konigssee (with Jennifer Onasanya), finishing 0.01 seconds ahead of defending champion Andreea Grecu and Teodora Vlad (ROU).

Finished seventh at the 2015 World Youth Championships.

By winning the 2020/21 World Cup, she became the first Austrian woman to win the overall season standings - and only the fourth Austrian to do so in the sport's history (Ingo Appelt and Peter Kienast tied in 1987/88, Appelt in 1988/89, and Hubert Schoesser in 1993/94).

First World Cup podium in November 2020, finishing second, with Onasanya, in Sigulda.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/kati.beierl
Facebook Team: https://www.facebook.com/bobteam.beierl/
https://instagram.com/kati.beierl
Team Website: https://www.instagram.com/bobteambeierl/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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