Markus SAMMER

Austria

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 20 May 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KUFSTEIN

Birth Country:

Austria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	2-man AUT Austria	5
	4-man AUT Austria	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 5	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	2-man Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 1	Finished
After Heat 1	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 3	Finished
After Heat 3	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 4	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 5	Finished
After Heat 5	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Official Training Heat 6	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 1	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 2	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 3	Finished
	Yanqing National Sliding Centre	4-man Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
7	4-man	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:03:16.900
8	2-man	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:03:17.760
19	4-man	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:02:48.630
20	2-man	2014	Sochi, RUS	00:02:52.720

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	4-man	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:35.81
5	4-man	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:36.92
5	4-man	2016	Innsbruck, AUT	3:24.68
6	2-man	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:42.76
6	4-man	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:22.32
7	4-man	2017	Koenigssee, GER	3:14.90
9	2-man	2016	Innsbruck, AUT	3:27.35
11	2-man	2017	Koenigssee, GER	3:18.67
12	2-man	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:26.87
17	4-man	2015	Winterberg, GER	3:37.82
21	2-man	2015	Winterberg, GER	2:50.93
22	4-man	2013	St. Moritz, SUI	3:18.37
DNS	2-man	2021	Altenberg, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	2-man
2015/16	36
2014/15	36

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	2-man	4-man
2021/22	1 x 3rd, 2 x 7th, 1 x 11th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd, 2 x 4th
2020/21	1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 9th	3 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2019/20	1 x 7th, 1 x 8th, 1 x 12th	1 x 3rd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 11th
2018/19	1 x 3rd, 1 x 9th	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 10th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
2	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:48.63
3	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:49.74
3	2-man	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:39.40
4	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:41.80
4	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:49.27
5	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:42.21
6	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:48.34
7	2-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:50.82
7	2-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:50.71
11	2-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:43.83

Hobbies:

Weightlifting.

Occupation:

Athlete, Sport soldier, Orthopaedic shoemaker

Family:

Wife, Sylvia (married June 2015). Two children.

Languages spoken:

German, English

Club name:

BSC Salzburg

Coach:

National: Wolfgang Stampfer (AUT)
Personal: Franz Esterhammer (AUT), Walter Hable (AUT)

Position style:

Crew

Other sports:

Weightlifting: Took up the sport at age 13, winning regional and national titles in his age group. Has competed in national lifting competitions with KSC Bad Haering.

Debut:

2012 World Cup in Lake Placid (Four--man - 15th)

Injuries:

January 2022: Contracted COVID-19 along with pilot Benjamin Maier, missing the final two World Cup races of the season.

National team:

2012

Start:

Took up the sport in 2011 at the encouragement of the chairman of his weightlifting club. (vivomondo.com, 11 Dec 2018)

Hero:

Weightlifter Matthias Steiner (AUT/GER), Olympic gold medallist in the 105kg at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Alpine skier Marcel Hirscher (AUT), two-time Olympic champion, seven-time World champion. (Info)

Philosophy:

"If you're in a hurry, go slowly." (Facebook)

General Interest

COVID-19
Tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games on 30 January. Previously tested positive earlier in the month prior to the World Cup in Winterberg. After two negative tests, he was allowed to leave quarantine on 1 February. When he returned to the Olympic Village, he tested positive again and had to return to quarantine, where he remained for another two days until he could produce two negative test results. (then24.com, 1 Feb 2022; kleinezeitung.at, 30 Jan 2022; derstandard.at, 8 Feb 2022)

Milestones

Two-time Olympian (2014, 2018), posting two top-10 results at PyeongChang 2018 (seventh in the four-man, eighth in the two-man).

Has competed in every World Championships since 2013, with four top-five results. In 2021 in Altenberg, he won a silver medal in Benjamin Maier's four-man sled behind Francesco Friedrich (GER).

2014 Junior World Championships two-man bronze medallist (with Benjamin Maier).

Four-time European championships medallist, with second-place results in the four-man in 2016 (St. Moritz) and 2021 (Winterberg).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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