Lisa Buckwitz
{{Short description|German bobsledder (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Lisa Buckwitz
| image = Lisa Buckwitz IMG 6955.jpg
| caption = Buckwitz in 2018
| full_name = Lisa-Marie Buckwitz
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|12|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Berlin, Germany
| country = Germany
| sport = Bobsleigh
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Women's bobsleigh}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Pyeongchang|Two-woman}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Winterberg|Two-woman}}
{{MedalSilver|2017 Königssee|Mixed team}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 St. Moritz|Two-woman}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 St. Moritz|Monobob}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Winterberg|Monobob}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Lake Placid|Two-woman}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 St. Moritz|Two-woman}}
{{Medal|Gold|2024 Sigulda|Monobob}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Innsbruck-Igls|Two-woman}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 St. Moritz|Two-woman}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Lillehammer|Monobob}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Lillehammer|Two-woman}}
}}
Lisa-Marie Buckwitz (born 2 December 1994) is a German bobsledder. She won a gold medal in the two-woman event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |title=Lisa Buckwitz |url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/262918 |website=ibsf.org |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |accessdate=2 February 2023}}
Career
Buckwitz started off as a heptathlete.{{cite news |url=https://www.sportschau.de/wintersport/bob/buckwitz-will-bob-pilotin-werden-100.html |title=Buckwitz will Bob-Pilotin werden |language=de |work=Sportschau |date=3 March 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}} Buckwitz took up bobsleigh in 2013,{{cite web |url=https://www.rbb24.de/sport/beitrag/2018/12/bob-olympiasiegerin-buckwitz-von-der-anschieberin-zur-Pilotin.html |title=Wenn die Anschieberin zur Chefin wird |language=de |publisher=RBB24.de |date=10 December 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174229/https://www.rbb24.de/sport/beitrag/2018/12/bob-olympiasiegerin-buckwitz-von-der-anschieberin-zur-Pilotin.html |archive-date=15 December 2018 |url-status=dead }} and trains at the {{ill|SC Potsdam|de}} club.{{cite news |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/olympia-in-pyeongchang-bob-gold-fuer-die-hammerwerferin/20988898.html |title=Bob-Gold für die Hammerwerferin |last=Hackenbruch |first=Felix |work=Der Tagesspiegel |date=21 February 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}} She won two junior championships.
In 2015, Buckwitz and Cathleen Martini won the two-woman Bobsleigh World Cup event in Königssee.{{cite web |url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/164670 |title=BMW IBSF World Cup, KÖNIGSSEE 16/01/2015, 2-woman Bobsleigh |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=15 December 2018}} In 2016, Buckwitz and Stephanie Schneider won a bronze medal in the two-woman at the Bobsleigh European Championship,{{cite web |url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/167335 |title=European Championships, ST. MORITZ 06/02/2016, 2-woman Bobsleigh |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=15 December 2018}} and came fourth in the two-woman event at the IBSF World Championships in Igls, Austria.{{cite web |url=https://ibsf.sportresult.com/ResultListBackUp/166301.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213172055/http://ibsf.sportresult.com/ResultListBackUp/166301.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 February 2016 |type=pdf |title=BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2016 Igls (AUT) |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=15 December 2018}} In 2017, Buckwitz, Christopher Grotheer, Stephanie Schneider, Tina Hermann, Nico Walther and Philipp Wobeto won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the IBSF World Championships in Königssee. They finished behind another German team.{{cite web |url=https://ibsf.sportresult.com/ResultListBackUp/168605.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220014950/http://ibsf.sportresult.com/ResultListBackUp/168605.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2017 |type=pdf |title=BMW IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2017 Königssee (GER) |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=15 December 2018}}
At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, German bobsleigh coach René Spies paired Buckwitz with Mariama Jamanka. The pair were nicknamed the "Berlin Bob", as Buckwitz and Jamanka are both from Berlin.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/winter-olympics-2018-shock-win-for-germanys-berlin-bob-20180222-h0wgil.html |title=Winter Olympics 2018: Shock win for Germany's 'Berlin Bob' |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=22 February 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}} Buckwitz and Jamanka won a silver medal at the 2018 Bobsleigh European Championships. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Buckwitz and Jamanka competed in the two-woman event and won the gold medal.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/21/bobsleigh-duo-mica-mcneill-mica-moore-crowd-funding |title=Bobsleigh duo Mica McNeill and Mica Moore make most of crowdfunding |last=Graham |first=Bryan Armen |work=The Guardian |date=21 February 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/02/25/olympics/winter-olympics/olympics-bobsled/german-squad-completes-sweep-bobsled-gold-medals/#.XBS_iVz7TIU |title=German squad completes sweep of bobsled gold medals |agency=Reuters |via=The Japan Times |date=25 February 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}} The win was unexpected, as the other German bobsleigh, containing Stephanie Schneider and Annika Drazek, was the favourite to win. German teams won all three of the bobsleigh events at the Games, and Buckwitz was the first person from Schöneiche to win an Olympic gold medal.{{cite news| url= https://www.rbb24.de/studiofrankfurt/beitraege/2021/02/schoeneiche-monobob-wintersport.html| title=Schöneicherin will als Pilotin wieder nach ganz oben| language=de| work=Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg| date=23 February 2021| accessdate=23 February 2021}} As a result of her Olympic win, Buckwitz was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf),{{cite web |url=http://www.bundespraesident.de/SharedDocs/Berichte/DE/Frank-Walter-Steinmeier/2018/06/180607-Silbernes-Lorbeerblatt.html?nn=1890894 |title=Silbernes Lorbeerblatt und Verdienstorden |language=de |publisher=Office of the President of Germany |date=7 June 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}} and was voted Brandenburg's Sportswoman of the Year.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportbuzzer.de/artikel/lisa-marie-buckwitz-kronung-fur-das-perfekte-jahr/ |title=Lisa-Marie Buckwitz: Krönung für das perfekte Jahr |language=de |work=SportsBuzzer |date=9 December 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}}
Buckwitz and Jamanka won the opening race of the 2018–19 Bobsleigh World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia.{{cite news |url=https://www.inforadio.de/programm/schema/sendungen/sport/aktuelle_beitraege/weiterer_sport/lisa-buckwitz--von-der-anschieberin-zur-bob-pilotin.html |title=Lisa Buckwitz: Von der Anschieberin zur Bob-Pilotin |language=de |work=Info Radio |date=11 December 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/193010 |title=BMW IBSF World Cup |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation |access-date=15 December 2018}} Buckwitz has also competed in monobob events. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Buckwitz and Kim Kalicki came fourth in the two-woman event.{{cite web| url=https://www.ibsf.org/images/api/download/competitions/006111a8-9e44-49ef-93e5-6f482b3737b2_bobwteam2_fnl__c73b_4.0.pdf| title=Final results| publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation| accessdate=21 February 2022| archive-date=19 February 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219143822/https://www.ibsf.org/images/api/download/competitions/006111a8-9e44-49ef-93e5-6f482b3737b2_bobwteam2_fnl__c73b_4.0.pdf| url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Buckwitz is from Schöneiche, Berlin, Germany. Aside from her bobsleigh career, she has worked as a state police officer.{{cite news |url=http://www.maz-online.de/Sportbuzzer/Lokalsport/Potsdam/SC-Potsdam/Lisa-Buckwitz-fuehlt-sich-wohl-im-Olympia-Dorf |title=Lisa Buckwitz fühlt sich wohl im Olympia-Dorf |work=Märkische Allgemeine |date=9 February 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018}} In February 2022, Buckwitz was represented in the Olympic edition of the German Playboy magazine with a photo series. She was also featured on half of the covers, with Austrian skeleton racer Janine Flock the other half of the covers.{{Cite web|title=Rasend schön: Die Olympiasportlerinnen Lisa Buckwitz und Janine Flock sind unsere neuen Coverstars|url=https://www.playboy.de/coverstars/winter-olympia-peking-2022-janine-flock-lisa-buckwitz|access-date=11 February 2022|website=Playboy|date=2 February 2022 |language=de}}
Results
All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).
=World Championships=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="width:160px"| Event
!style="width:80px"| Two-woman !style="width:80px"| Monobob !style="width:80px"| Mixed team |
|---|
| style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|GER}} 2015 Winterberg
| 10th | rowspan=3 {{n/a}} | — |
| style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|GER}} 2016 Innsbruck
| 4th | — |
| style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} 2017 Königssee
| 8th |style="background:silver"| 2nd |
| style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|CH}} 2023 St. Moritz
|style="background:silver"| 2nd |style="background:#cc9966"| 3rd | rowspan=3 {{n/a}} |
| style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|GER}} 2024 Winterberg
|style="background:gold"| 1st |style="background:#cc9966"| 3rd |
| style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|USA}} 2025 Lake Placid
|style="background:#cc9966"| 3rd | 5th |
=World Cup=
==Two-woman==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px"| Season ! rowspan=10 width="1px"| !style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 1 !style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 2 !style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 3 !style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 4 !style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 5 !style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 6 !style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 7 !style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 8 ! rowspan=10 width="1px"| ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px"| Points ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px"| Place |
| 2014–15
| File:Flag of United States.svg | style="background:gold;"|File:Flag of Germany.svg | File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg | - | - |
| 2015–16
| File:Flag of United States.svg | File:Flag of United States.svg | File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg | - | - |
| 2016–17
| File:Flag of United States.svg | File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg | File:Flag of South Korea.svg | - | - |
| 2017–18
| style="background:#C96"|File:Flag of United States.svg | File:Flag of United States.svg | style="background:gold;"|File:Flag of Germany.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Flag of Austria.svg | style="background:#C96"|File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg | - | - |
| 2020–21
| File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg | - | - |
| 2021–22
| style="background:gold;"| File:Flag of Germany.svg | style="background:gold;"| File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg | - | - |
| 2022–23
| File:Flag of United States.svg | File:Flag of United States.svg |style="background:silver"| File:Flag of Germany.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Germany.svg | 995 | 6th |
| 2023–24
|style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Austria.svg |style="background:silver"| File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Flag of Latvia.svg | File:Flag of United States.svg | 1539 |style="background:#C96"| 3rd |
| 2024–25
|style="background:silver"| File:Flag of Germany.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Germany.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Flag of Austria.svg | File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Flag of Norway.svg |style="background:silver"| File:Flag of Norway.svg | 1437 | 3rd |
==Monobob==
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse; background:#ffffff"
! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px"| Season ! rowspan=4 width="1px"| ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 1 ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 2 ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 3 ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 4 ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 5 ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 6 ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 7 ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:40px"| 8 ! rowspan=4 width="1px"| ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px"| Points ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px"| Place |
| 2022–23
|style="background:silver"| File:Flag of United States.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Flag of United States.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Austria.svg | 1171 | 6th |
| 2023–24
|style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Austria.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Austria.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Flag of Norway.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Latvia.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Flag of Germany.svg | File:Flag of United States.svg | 1644 |style="background:gold"| 1st |
| 2024–25
|style="background:silver"| File:Flag of Germany.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Latvia.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Germany.svg |style="background:gold"| File:Flag of Austria.svg | File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg | File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg |style="background:#C96"| File:Flag of Norway.svg | 1637 |style="background:gold"| 1st |
References
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External links
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- [https://www.bsd-portal.de/sport/bob/athleten/#484 Lisa Buckwitz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114135223/https://www.bsd-portal.de/sport/bob/athleten/#484 |date=14 November 2020 }} at the German Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Federation {{in lang|de}}
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Category:Olympic bobsledders for Germany
Category:Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Bobsledders from Berlin
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Category:German police officers