Christian RASP

Germany

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 29 Sep 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Place of birth: OCHSENFURT

Birth Country:

Federal Republic of Germany

Residence: BERCHTESGADEN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	4-man GER Germany	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	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
8	4-man	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:03:17.110

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	4-man	2017	Koenigssee, GER	3:14.10
2	4-man	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:36.14
3	4-man	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:36.53
9	4-man	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:23.03

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

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
2	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:48.00
2	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:41.57
2	2-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:43.84
4	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:48.86
4	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:49.55
5	4-man	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	2:09.76
5	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:49.83
7	4-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:42.25
21	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	55.36

Hobbies:

Sport, cooking, photography, golf.

Occupation:

Athlete, Police officer

Education:

Police Studies at FHVR Fuerstenfeldbruck (GER)

Languages spoken:

German

Club name:

WSV Koenigssee

Coach:

National: Rene Spies (GER)
Personal: Thomas Prange (GER)

Position style:

Crew

Sporting relatives:

Father (Athletics)

Other sports:

Athletics: Competed as a sprinter. In 2010, he was the German U23 champion in the 100m and 200m.

Debut:

2016 World Cup in Whistler (Four-man - 2nd)

National team:

2015

Start:

Took up the sport in 2015 at the end of his athletics career. (Info 2018)

Ambition:

To win an Olympic medal - "preferably gold."

"In the end, I've achieved almost everything in this sport, only one Olympic medal is missing." (mainpost.de, 30 Nov 2021)

Milestones

Made his Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018, finishing eighth in four-man (with Johannes Lochner, Christian Poser, Christopher Weber).

Has a full set of World Championships medals. Won two titles in 2017, in the four-man (a tie for gold between Johannes Lochner's sled and compatriot Francesco Friedrich) and the relay. Won the 2020 four-man silver (0.05 seconds behind Friedrich) and 2021 bronze.

Four-straight titles in the four-man at the European Championships (2017-20). Won two-man silver in 2019 (all with Lochner).

With four World Cup victories in the four-man in 2017/18, helped Lochner win the overall World Cup title over Friedrich.

From 24 November 2017 (a 20th-place result in Whistler in the two-man) until 19 December 2021 (21st in the four-man in Altenberg) did not finish outside the top-seven in a World Cup race across both disciplines. The 21st-place result in Altenberg in 2020/21 is the only time he has ranked outside the top-seven in the four-man at a World Cup event in his career.

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver
:: Gold Medal Event

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