Florian BAUER

Germany

Bobsleigh

Date of Birth: 11 Feb 1994

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: ALTOTTING

Birth Country:

Germany

Residence: MUNICH

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Bobsleigh	2-man GER Germany	2
	4-man GER Germany	2

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

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
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	2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd	1 x 2nd, 2 x 4th, 2 x 5th
2020/21	1 x 2nd	1 x 3rd, 2 x 4th, 1 x 5th
2019/20	1 x 1st	1 x 1st, 4 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2018/19	1 x 2nd	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 3 x 3rd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
2	2-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:50.11
2	2-man	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:43.32
2	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:48.00
3	2-man	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	2:12.12
4	4-man	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:49.55
4	4-man	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:48.86
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:

Skiing, spending time with friends, playing guitar, playing cards.

Occupation:

Athlete, Student, Sport soldier

Education:

Studies Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (GER).

Languages spoken:

German

Club name:

BRC Ohlstadt

Coach:

National: Rene Spies (GER)
Personal: Thomas Prange (GER), Karl Angerer (GER)

Position style:

Crew

Other sports:

Athletics: Competed as a sprinter.

Debut:

2018 World Cup in Winterberg (Four-man - 3rd)

Injuries:

September 2021: Tore a calf muscle, but was healthy in time for the start of the season.
2020/21: Missed the first half of the season with a thigh muscle injury.

Start:

Took up the sport at age 22 when former sprinter Dennis Pihale needed a brakeman. (physiomed-dortmund.de; heimatsport.de, 12 Oct 2016)

Ambition:

To compete at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (physiomed-dortmund.de)

Milestones

Beijing 2022 silver medallist in the two-man with pilot Johannes Lochner.

Two-time World Championship medallist. Vice-world champion in the four-man (with Johannes Lochner) in 2020, finishing 0.05 seconds behind Francesco Friedrich (GER). Won the bronze medal in 2021.

2018 World Junior champion in the four-man with pilot Pablo Nolte.

Back-to-back European champion in the four-man in Lochner's sled (2019, 2020).

In his first four seasons on the World Cup circuit, did not finish outside the top seven until a 21st-place finish in Altenberg in 2021/22.

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver
:: Gold Medal Event

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