- Pierre Lueders
Pierre Fritz Lueders (born
26 September 1970 inEdmonton, Alberta ) is a Canadianbobsled der who has competed since 1990. He pilots both two-man and four-manbobsleigh .A four-time olympian, Lueders is the most decorated slider in Canadian history. He was the pilot of the Canadian two-man bobsleigh team, winner of the gold medal at the
1998 Winter Olympics (shared withItaly ). This was only Canada's second ever medal inbobsleigh . At the2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Lueders placed a disappointing fifth place finish in two-man, and ninth in four-man, causing him to take the 2002-03 season off in four-man.Lueders also won eight medals at the
FIBT World Championships with two golds (Two-man: 2004, 2005), four silvers (Two-man: 1995, 1996, 2003; Four-man: 2007) and two bronzes (Four-man: 1999, 2005).At the Bobsleigh World Cup, Lueders won the combined men's event four times (1993-4, 1994-5, 1997-8, 2005-6), the two-man event six times (1993-4, 1994-5, 1996-7, 1997-8, 2002-3, 2005-6), and the four-man event once (1994-5).
In 2006, he turned down the offer to carry the
Canadian flag during the Opening Ceremonies of the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin, Italy . During the two-man event he and his brakemanLascelles Brown won silver despite having to contend with heavy snowfall.Lueders and his brakeman
Justin Kripps made the first run down theWhistler Sliding Centre which will host the bobsleigh,luge , and skeleton for the2010 Winter Olympics on December 19, 2007.Lueders is currently residing in
Calgary, Alberta with his wife, Sandra, and two daughters, Zoe and Maya. He can be seen in some commercials as well. It's rumoured he would have won the gold medal for the last Winter Olympics, had the team who had won we thought to be cheating. He and his partner lost the appeal, however.References
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mo-2.html Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists 1932-56 and since 1964]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-2.html Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LUEDEPIE01 DatabaseOlympics.com profile]
* [http://www.sportresult.com/sports/bs/db/biography.asp?p_id=100077&nat=&sport=&sex=&season=&stat=&venue=&events= FIBT profile]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-c.html List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985-2007]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-4.html List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
* [http://sports123.com/bob/mwc-2.html List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985]
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