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Steven Holcomb (born April 14, 1980 in Park City, Utah) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 1998.[1][2] At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, he won the 4-man bobsled event for the United States, its first gold medal in that event since 1948.[3] At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished sixth in the four-man event and 14th in the two-man event.[4][5]
Early career
Holcomb was an alpine skier for twelve years. At the Utah Olympic Park for the 2002 Winter Olympics he then served as a bobsled forerunner, someone who tests the bobsled course prior to competition. Though Holcomb was not competing, the experience did allow him time on an Olympic course in front of fans.
After leaving the military with an honorable discharge in June 2006, Holcomb began to compete on the World Cup circuit. Starting with the 2004–05 season, Holcomb consistently was the second and third ranked American driver. In the 2006–2007 season Holcomb (with team members Jovanovic and Kreitzburg) won the two-man World Cup Championship, while his four-man team (with Jovanovic, Kreitzburg, and Mesler) finished second. As Holcomb rose through the ranks of American bobsledders however, a degenerative eye condition, initially diagnosed in 2002, began to affect his daily life and competitive skills. A non-invasive surgical procedure, C3-R, provided a measure of correction during the 2007–08 season, allowing him to earn three gold, three silver, and one bronze medals.
Career
Holcomb and his two-man and four-man teams took home 2 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronzes and then won the first World Championship in four-man bobsled since 1959. Additionally, he piloted his two-man sled to a bronze medal.
In Vancouver, Holcomb finished 2nd in his four-man sled in the only World Cup race at the newly finished Whistler track. Holcomb and his Night Train (4-man)/Night Hawk (2-man) are competing on the FIBT World Cup circuit. In the first three tour stops to date, his squad with teammates Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen and Curt Tomasevicz has won gold in the 4-man at Lake Placid & Cesana (Torino 2006 Olympic track) and silver in the 4-Man at Lake Placid and bronze in Cesana.
Holcomb won four medals at the FIBT World Championships: a gold (four-man: 2009) and three bronzes (two-man: 2009, mixed team: 2008, 2009). He also won the 2007 Two-man World Cup title,[6] won the 2007 combined World Cup title,[7] and finished second in the 2007 Four-Man World Cup standings.[8] He became the first American man to win the Two-Man World Cup title. Holcomb also won the 2007 and 2010 Combined World Cup titles, and the 2010 4-Man World Cup title.
It was announced on 17 January 2010 that Holcomb made the US team in both the two-man and four-man events for the 2010 Winter Olympics. On February 17, Holcomb led the four-man US bobsled team to a gold-medal victory, ending a 62-year gold medal drought in US Olympic four-man bobsled competition.
Holcomb qualified for the 2014 Sochi Olympics in both the two-man and four-man bobsled. On February 16, Holcomb and brakeman Steve Langton won the bronze medal in the two-man competition, ending yet another 62-year medal drought in US Olympic two-man competition.[9]
Military service
Holcomb served as a soldier in the Utah Army National Guard for seven years,[10] from March 1999 until July 2006. During his Army National Guard service, he served as a combat engineer in the 1457th Engineering Battalion. He took part in the Army World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) for seven years. At the end of 2006, he received an Honorable Discharge from service. While in the National Guard, he earned the following Medals: Army Achievement Medal; Army Commendation Medal; Good Conduct Medal; Army Presidential Unit Citation; Army Superior Unit Award; Army Service Ribbon.
Education
Holcomb attended The Winter Sports School in Park City, graduating in 1997. Holcomb is working on his bachelor's degree at DeVry University in computer science. His projected graduation date is 2016.
Scouting career
Steven attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).[11]
References
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- ↑ List of two-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
- ↑ List of combined men's bobsleigh World Cup champions: 1985–2007
- ↑ List of four-man bobsleigh World Cup champions since 1985
- ↑ http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Bobsled-Skeleton-Federation/Features/2014/February/17/Holcomb-and-Langton-break-two-man-bobsled-Olympic-medal-drought-with-bronze-medal-finish
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- ↑ http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/02/14/half-of-team-usas-night-train-bobsled-team-are-eagle-scouts/
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- 1931: Germany (Werner Zahn, Robert Schmidt, Franz Bock, Emil Hinterfeld)
- 1933: Not held
- 1934: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Fritz Schwarz, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
- 1935: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Alexander Gruber, Hermann von Valta, Sebastian Huber)
- 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Byran Black)
- 1938: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, David Looker, Charles Patrick Green, Chris Mackintosh)
- 1939: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Heinz Cattani, Alphonse Hörning, Joseph Beerli)
- 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Friedrich Waller, Felix Endrich, Stephan Waser)
- 1949: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, William Casey, William D'Amico)
- 1950: United States (Stanley Benham, Patrick Martin, James Atkinson, William D'Amico)
- 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Xavier Leitl, Michael Pössinger, Lorenz Nieberl)
- 1953: United States (Lloyd Johnson, Piet Biesiadecki, Hubert Miller, Joseph Smith)
- 1954: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton, Gottfried Diener, Heinrich Angst)
- 1955: Switzerland (Franz Kapus, Gottfried Diener, Robert Alt, Heinrich Angst)
- 1957: Switzerland (Hans Zoller, Hans Theler, Rolf Küderli, Heinz Leu)
- 1958: West Germany (Hans Rösch, Alfred Hammer, Theodore Bauer, Walter Haller)
- 1959: United States (Arthur Tyler, Gary Sheffield, Parker Vooris, Charles Thomas Butler)
- 1960–61: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes, Furio Nordio, Renzo Alverà)
- 1962: West Germany (Franz Schelle, Josef Sterff, Ludwig Siebert, Otto Göbl)
- 1963: Italy (Sergio Zardini, Ferruccio Dalla Torre, Renato Mocellini, Romano Bonagura)
- 1965: Canada (Vic Emery, Gerald Presley, Michael Young, Peter Kirby)
- 1966: West Germany (Toni Pensperger (posthumous), Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, Roland Ebert)
- 1967: Cancelled to weather conditions
- 1969: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Walter Steinbauer, Stefan Gaisreiter)
- 1970: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Roberto Zandonella, Mario Armano, Luciano de Paolis)
- 1971: Switzerland (René Stadler, Max Forster, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
- 1973: Switzerland (René Stadler, Werner Carmichel, Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer)
- 1974: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider, Manfred Schumann, Albert Wurzer)
- 1975: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Peter Schärer, Werner Carmichel, Joseph Benz)
- 1977: East Germany (Meinhard Nehmer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Raimund Bethge)
- 1978: East Germany (Horst Schönau, Horst Bernhard, Harald Seifert, Bogdan Musioł)
- 1979: West Germany (Stefan Gaisreiter, Dieter Gebard, Hans Wagner, Heinz Busche)
- 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, Henry Gerlach, Michael Trübner)
- 1982: Switzerland (Silvio Giobellina, Heinz Stettler, Urs Salzmann, Rico Freiermuth)
- 1983: Switzerland (Ekkehard Fasser, Hans Märcy, Kurt Poletti, Rolf Strittmatter)
- 1985: East Germany (Bernhard Lehmann, Matthias Trübner, Ingo Voge, Steffen Grummt)
- 1986: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Kurt Meier, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser)
- 1987: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Urs Fehlmann, Erwin Fassbind, André Kiser)
- 1989–90: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber, Lorenz Schindelholz, Curdin Morell)
- 1991: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł, Axel Kühn, Christoph Langen)
- 1993: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Donat Acklin, Kurt Meier, Domenico Semeraro)
- 1995: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, René Hannemann, Ulf Hielscher, Carsten Embach)
- 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Rühr, Olaf Hampel)
- 1997: Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Sven Rühr, René Hannemann, Carsten Embach)
- 1999: France (Bruno Mingeon, Emmanuel Hostache, Éric Le Chanony, Max Robert)
- 2000: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Lars Behrendt, Carsten Embach)
- 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann, Sven Peter, Alex Metzger)
- 2003: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach)
- 2004: Germany (André Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske, René Hoppe)
- 2005: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
- 2007: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Thomas Lamparter, Beat Hefti, Cédric Grand)
- 2008: Germany (André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, Martin Putze)
- 2009: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler, Curtis Tomasevicz)
- 2011: Germany (Manuel Machata, Richard Adjei, Andreas Bredau, Christian Poser)
- 2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevicz)
- 2013: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Marko Hübenbecker, Alexander Rödiger, Martin Putze)
- 2015: Germany (Maximilian Arndt, Alexander Rödiger, Kevin Korona, Ben Heber)
- 2016: Latvia (Oskars Melbārdis, Daumants Dreiškens, Arvis Vilkaste, Jānis Strenga)
- 2017: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis) & (Johannes Lochner, Matthias Kagerhuber, Joshua Bluhm, Christian Rasp)
- 2019: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Thorsten Margis)
- 2020: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp, Alexander Schüller)
- 2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller)
- 2023: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, Alexander Schüller)
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- 1931: Germany (Hanns Kilian, Sebastian Huber)
- 1933: Romania (Alexandru Papană, Dumitru Hubert)
- 1934: Romania (Alexandru Frim, Vasile Dumitrescu)
- 1935: Switzerland (Reto Capadrutt, Emil Diener)
- 1937: Great Britain (Frederick McEvoy, Byran Black)
- 1938: Germany (Bibo Fischer, Rolf Thielecke)
- 1939: Belgium (René Lunden, Jeans Coops)
- 1947: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
- 1949: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Friedrich Waller)
- 1950: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Stephan Waser)
- 1951: West Germany (Andreas Ostler, Lorenz Nieberl)
- 1953: Switzerland (Felix Endrich, Fritz Stöckli)
- 1954: Italy (Guglielmo Scheibmeier, Andrea Zambelli)
- 1955: Switzerland (Fritz Feierabend, Harry Warburton)
- 1957–60: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Renzo Alverà)
- 1961: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1962: Italy (Rinaldo Ruatti, Enrico de Lorenzo)
- 1963: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1965: Great Britain (Tony Nash, Robin Dixon)
- 1966: Italy (Eugenio Monti, Sergio Siorpaes)
- 1967: Austria (Erwin Thaler, Reinhold Durnthaler)
- 1969: Italy (Nevio de Zordo, Adriano Frassinelli)
- 1970: West Germany (Horst Floth, Pepi Bader)
- 1971: Italy (Gianfranco Gaspari, Mario Armano)
- 1973–74: West Germany (Wolfgang Zimmerer, Peter Utzschneider)
- 1975: Italy (Giorgio Alverà, Franco Perruquet)
- 1977: Switzerland (Hans Hiltebrand, Heinz Meier)
- 1978–79: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Joseph Benz)
- 1981: East Germany (Bernhard Germeshausen, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt)
- 1982: Switzerland (Erich Schärer, Max Rüegg)
- 1983: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Urs Leuthold)
- 1985–86: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Dietmar Schauerhammer)
- 1987: Switzerland (Ralph Pichler, Celeste Poltera)
- 1989: East Germany (Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musioł)
- 1990: Switzerland (Gustav Weder, Bruno Gerber)
- 1991: Germany (Rudolf Lochner, Markus Zimmermann)
- 1993: Germany (Christoph Langen, Peer Joechel)
- 1995: Germany (Christoph Langen, Olaf Hampel)
- 1996: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
- 1997: Switzerland (Reto Götschi, Guido Acklin)
- 1999: Italy (Günther Huber, Enrico Costa, Ubaldo Ranzi)
- 2000: Germany (Christoph Langen, Markus Zimmermann)
- 2001: Germany (Christoph Langen, Marco Jakobs)
- 2003: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
- 2004: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Giulio Zardo)
- 2005: Canada (Pierre Lueders, Lascelles Brown)
- 2007–08: Germany (André Lange, Kevin Kuske)
- 2009: Switzerland (Ivo Rüegg, Cédric Grand)
- 2011: Russia (Alexandr Zubkov, Alexey Voyevoda)
- 2012: United States (Steven Holcomb, Steven Langton)
- 2013: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Jannis Bäcker)
- 2015–20: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis)
- 2021: Germany (Francesco Friedrich, Alexander Schüller)
- 2023: Germany (Johannes Lochner, Georg Fleischhauer)
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- 2007: Germany
- 2008: Germany
- 2009: Germany
- 2011: Germany
- 2012: United States
- 2013: United States
- 2015: Germany
- 2016: Germany
- 2017: Germany
- 2019: Germany
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