Christopher GROTHEER

Germany

Skeleton

Date of Birth: 31 Jul 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: WERNIGERODE

Birth Country:

Germany

Residence: OBERHOF

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Skeleton	Men	1

Records

Record	Event	Time	Date	Location
TR	Men Heat 1	1:00.00	10 February, 2022	Yanqing National Sliding Centre (CHN)

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
8	Men	2018	PyeongChang, KOR	00:03:24.050

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Men	2021	Altenberg, GER	3:46.31
1	Mixed Team	2021	Altenberg, GER	1:55.41
1	Men	2020	Altenberg, GER	3:44.81
4	Men	2019	Whistler, BC, CAN	3:29.09
5	Mixed Team	2020	Altenberg, GER	1:56.08
5	Men	2015	Winterberg, GER	3:45.53
6	Men	2017	Koenigssee, GER	3:25.42
16	Men	2013	St. Moritz, SUI	4:37.11

World Cup Rankings
Season	Men
2021/22	3
2020/21	4
2018/19	12
2017/18	6
2016/17	5
2015/16	18
2014/15	8
2013/14	27
2012/13	8

World Cup - Best Achievements
Season	Men
2021/22	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 4 x 3rd
2020/21	1 x 3rd, 3 x 6th, 1 x 7th
2018/19	1 x 4th, 2 x 6th, 1 x 9th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
1	Men	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:46.04
2	Men	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:51.82
3	Men	2021/22	Altenberg, GER	1:54.31
3	Men	2021/22	Innsbruck, AUT	1:45.23
3	Men	2021/22	St. Moritz, SUI	2:14.90
3	Men	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	1:51.64
8	Men	2021/22	Sigulda, LAT	1:42.13
9	Men	2021/22	Winterberg, GER	56.66

Occupation:

Police Officer

Languages spoken:

German

Club name:

BRC Thuringen

Coach:

National: Christian Baude (GER)
Personal: Martin Putze (GER)

Debut:

2010 European Cup in Innsbruck (14th)

National team:

2010

Start:

Until 2007 he was a ski jumper at the sports school in Oberhof. "After I got a little too heavy and the perspective was no longer given, my trainer at the time advised me to just take the entrance test for the skeleton because I was always one of the best athletes in my training group. I passed the entrance test and after the first few trips on the track, the sport grabbed me and I stuck with it." (dpsk.de)

Reason:

"Once tried it, wanted to do it again." (ibsf.org)

Ambition:

"I want to win more World Cup medals and achieve my goal of an Olympic medal." (allee-der-olympiasieger-und-weltmeister-oberhof.de)

Memorable:

When he become world champion by 2/100th's of second in the 2021 mixed team. "In the end, it was the greatest success of my career to date and it showed me that persistence pays off." (ibsf.org)

Influence:

Coach Christian Baude (GER). "Thanks to him I have managed to establish myself among the world's best." (ibsf.org)

Philosophy:

"You have to try the impossible to achieve the possible." Hermann Hesse (allee-der-olympiasieger-und-weltmeister-oberhof.de)

General Interest

COVID-19
At the beginning of April he could not train at the Olympic base as usual and had to move the training to the forest more often. After several weeks, however, they were allowed to complete the training as usual in compliance with the hygienic regulations and requirements. (dpsk.de)

THURINGIAN STATE POLICE
After graduating from high school, he was with the sports group of the Bundeswehr. After a while, he felt the need to have coverage for the time after the sport. "The sports support group of the Thuringian State Police offers me the opportunity in Oberhof, at my base, to train, to complete an apprenticeship, and to combine all of this with sport. It is a great solution to combine competitive sport and training." (dpsk.de)

Milestones

Won gold at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Two-time World Championships gold medallist (2020, 2021) and two-time team silver medallist (2015, 2017). Only two athletes before him have managed to defend a Skeleton World Championships title: Ryan Davenport (CAN) in 1996 and 1997, and Martins Dukurs (LAT), in 2011 and 2012, and at four consecutive World Championships in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019. The 2021 World title was a three-way tie for gold with Geng Wenqiang (CHN) and Matt Weston (GBR).

Three-time World Championships medallist with the team (2019 gold, 2015 and 2016 silver).

Won World gold in the 2021 Mixed Team with Tina Hermann.

Two-time Junior World champion (2012, 2015) and two-time silver medallist (2012, 2014).

Total of eight World Cup podium finishes, with two victories (2017 in Altenberg, 2021 in Innsbruck). The first podium finish was in 2012 in Winterberg (bronze).

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Legend

:: Gold
:: Gold Medal Event
TR:: Track Record

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