Tobias SCHNEIDER

Historical Results

Athlete, Police officer

Studied education, but did not complete his degree.

Father, Peter.

English

BC Bad Feilnbach

National: Rene Spies (GER)
Personal: Michael Ehrenreich, Andreas Bucheler

Crew

Athletics: Competed as a sprinter for TV Eckersmuhlen. Won the 100m at the South German U23 Championships with a time of 10.68 in the 100m in 2013.

2018 World Cup in Sigulda (Two-man - 3rd)

Summer 2020: Tore his labrum in a fall from his bike. Underwent surgery to stabilise the joint with eight anchors. Doctors thought he would be away from training for six months, but he was back after 18 weeks - but still missed the entire 2020/21 season.

January 2020: Tore the flexor tendons in his ring and pinky fingers in a fall. He was able to complete the final World Cup races on the calendar, but had surgery on his hand just before the start of the World Championships.

2016

He was approached to try bobsleigh on a push track in 2013, but Schneider, in the prime of his athletics career, was not yet ready to take on a new sport. In 2016, after some injuries in athletics, he climbed into a bobsleigh for the first time. After his first descent, he was hooked. "I would have paid money so that I could ride again." (br.de, 21 Jan 2022; leichtathletik-muenchen.de, 20 Oct 2017)

The "absolute intoxication of speed". (sueddeutsche.de, 8 Feb 2017)

To finish among the top five teams at every World Cup event. (donaukurier.de, 11 Dec 2021)

To qualify for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. "My last thought before falling asleep is the Olympics - and when I get up in the morning, the first thought is the Olympics. It's that simple." (nordbayern.de, 17 Sep 2020; donaukurier.de, 9 Jun 2021)

Does yoga every day for flexibility and relaxation. (donaukurier.de, 11 Dec 2021)