Jacqueline Pfeifer

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Jacqueline Pfeifer

| image = 2018-02-26 Frankfurt Flughafen Ankunft Olympiamannschaft-6075.jpg

| caption = Lölling in 2018

| nationality = German

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Weidenau, Germany

| height = 1.80 m

| weight = 75 kg

| country = Germany

| sport = Skeleton

| club = RSG Hochsauerland

| turnedpro = 2007

| coach = {{nowrap|Kathi Wichterle, Jens Müller}}

| highestranking = 1st in Skeleton World Cup (2017, 2018, 2020)

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

}}

Jacqueline "Jacka" Pfeifer ({{née}} Lölling, born 6 February 1995) is a German skeleton racer who has won numerous races and championships, including the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics skeleton competition in 2012 and the 2017 World Championships. Pfeifer began competing in skeleton at the age of 12 and was selected to the German national team in 2009. She won her first two international races, as a fifteen-year-old on the Europe Cup circuit, at Cesana Pariol in 2010. Her personal coach is Kathi Wichterle, and she rides an FES sled. When not racing, Pfeifer works for the German Federal Police.{{cite web | access-date = 24 December 2017 | publisher = International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation | title = Jacqueline LOELLING | url = https://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/262907/Loelling}}{{cite web | publisher = International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation | access-date = 18 December 2017 | title = Media Guide Athletes: Skeleton — Innsbruck (AUT) | date = 13 December 2017 | author = Stahlhacke, Angela | url = http://www.ibsf.org/images/news/Media_Guide_17-18/IBSF_Media_Guide_17-18_skeleton_5_Innsbruck.pdf | archive-date = 22 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051722/http://www.ibsf.org/images/news/Media_Guide_17-18/IBSF_Media_Guide_17-18_skeleton_5_Innsbruck.pdf | url-status = dead }}

Notable results

Lölling raced on the Intercontinental Cup from 2011 to 2012 to 2014–15, ending with a string of three gold medals, as well as winning the Junior World Championships in 2014 at Winterberg and in 2015 at Altenberg. Rather than follow the other ICC sliders on the North American leg of the tour, she dropped back to Europe Cup racing for the remainder of the 2014–15 season and took home a silver from the senior World Championships at Winterberg. She joined the World Cup circuit for 2015–16. Lölling recorded five podiums that season, finishing the overall World Cup rankings in second place with 1550 points, behind teammate Tina Hermann.{{cite web | access-date = 24 December 2017 | publisher = International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation | title = Standings (Women's Skeleton) (2015/2016) (World Cup) | url = http://www.ibsf.org/en/rankings/rankings?season=2015&ctype=6&session=WC | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201193248/https://www.ibsf.org/en/rankings/rankings?season=2015&ctype=6&session=WC | url-status = dead }}

Lölling recorded her first regular World Cup victory at Altenberg in the 2016–17 season, which she followed up with a silver at Winterberg, behind Elisabeth Vathje of Canada – giving Lölling the European Championship for 2017.{{cite web | access-date = 24 December 2017 | publisher = International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation | title = BMW IBSF World Cup (Winterberg) (Women's Skeleton) | date = 15 January 2017 | url = http://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/168011 | archive-date = 24 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171224213608/http://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/168011 | url-status = dead }} She also won the pre-Olympic test event at Pyeongchang and the race at Königssee on her way to the overall Crystal Globe for the 2016–17 season.

In the 2017–18 season, Lölling won races at Whistler, Winterberg, and Altenberg, and placed fourth at Igls; the Igls race was also the 2018 European Championship, in which she was second behind Elena Nikitina of Russia.

Career results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).

=World Championships=

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Event !Men !Skeleton mixed team !Mixed team
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|GER}} 2015 Winterberg \| style="background:silver"\| 2nd \| rowspan=4 {{n/a}} \| —
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|AUT}} 2016 Innsbruck \| 9th \| style="background:#CC9966"\| 3rd
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|GER}} 2017 Königssee \| style="background:gold"\| 1st \| style="background:gold"\| 1st
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|CAN}} 2019 Whistler \| style="background:silver"\| 2nd \| —
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|GER}} 2020 Altenberg \| 4th \| style="background:gold"\| 1st \| rowspan=5 {{n/a}}
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|GER}} 2021 Altenberg \| style="background:silver"\| 2nd \| style="background:silver"\| 2nd
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|SUI}} 2023 St. Moritz \| 7th \| —
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|GER}} 2024 Winterberg \| 5th \| style="background:#CC9966"\| 3rd
style="text-align:left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} 2025 Lake Placid \| 16th \| 4th

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Event

!Men

!Skeleton
mixed team

!Mixed team

style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|GER}} 2015 Winterberg

| style="background:silver"| 2nd

| rowspan=4 {{n/a}}

| —

style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} 2016 Innsbruck

| 9th

| style="background:#CC9966"| 3rd