IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton)
The IBSF World Championships (known as the FIBT World Championships until 2015), part of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, have taken place on an annual basis since 1930. Starting with 2002, no World Championships being held in non-Winter Olympic years. A two-man event was included in 1931 with a combined championship occurring in 1947. Men's skeleton was introduced as a championship of its own in 1982 while women's bobsleigh and skeleton events were introduced in 2000. Both the women's bobsleigh and skeleton events were merged with the men's bobsleigh events at the 2004 championships. A mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's skeleton, women's skeleton, 2-man bobsleigh, and 2-women bobsleigh, was held from 2007 to 2019. In 2020 it was replaced with skeleton mixed team event, consisting of one run each of men's and women's skeleton. Women's monobob event was included in 2021.
Host cities
Year | Host city/cities | Men's bobsleigh | Women's bobsleigh | Skeleton | Mixed team | Notes | ||||
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Two man | Four man | Monobob | Two woman | Men's | Women's | Mixed team | ||||
1930 | ![]() | X | First Bobsleigh World Championships (Four-man event only) | |||||||
1931 | ![]() | X | First with Two-man event | |||||||
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1933 | ![]() | X | ||||||||
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1940–1946: No competition due to Second World War | ||||||||||
1947 | ![]() | X | X | First with all men's bobsleigh events | ||||||
1949 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1950 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1951 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1953 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1954 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1955 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1957 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1958 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1959 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1960 | ![]() | X | X | Extraordinary event since bobsleigh was not included in the 1960 Winter Olympics | ||||||
1961 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1962 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1963 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1965 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1966 | ![]() | X | Four-man abandoned when Toni Pensperger was killed during competition | |||||||
1967 | ![]() | X | Four-man abandoned to high temperatures on track caused ice to melt | |||||||
1969 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1970 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1971 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1973 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1974 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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1977 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1978 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1979 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1981 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1982 | ![]() | X | X | X | First with skeleton event (men's only) | |||||
1983 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1985 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
1986 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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1989 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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1990 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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1991 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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1993 | ![]() | X | X | Bobsleigh event was originally awarded to Cervinia, Italy | ||||||
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1995 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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1996 | ![]() | X | X | X | First with all men's bobsleigh and skeleton events | |||||
1997 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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1999 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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2000 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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2001 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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2003 | ![]() | X | X | |||||||
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2004 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | First with all men's and women's bobsleigh and skeleton events | |||
2005 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
2007 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | First with Mixed team event (bobsleigh and skeleton) | ||
2008 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
2009 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
2011 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | Originally awarded to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | ||
2012 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
2013 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
2015 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
2016 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
2017 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | Originally awarded to Sochi, Russia | ||
2019 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
2020 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | First with skeleton's mixed team event | ||
2021 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | First with women's monobob. Originally awarded to Lake Placid, United States | |
2023 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | First combined with World Para Bob Championships | |
2024 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
2025 | ![]() | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Bobsleigh
Four-man
Debuted: 1930.
- ^ 1933 FIBT World Championship event was not held.
- ^ The 1966 FIBT World Championship event in Cortina d'Ampezzo was abandoned following the death of Toni Pensperger of West Germany during competition. A posthumous gold medal was given to Pensperger, Ludwig Siebert, Helmut Werzer, and Roland Ebert.
- ^ The 1967 FIBT World Championship event in Alpe d'Huez was cancelled to insufficient conditions of the track caused by high temperatures.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 23 | 13 | 13 | 49 |
2 | ![]() | 16 | 13 | 15 | 44 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (15 entries) | 65 | 64 | 64 | 193 |
Two-man
Debuted: 1931.
- ^ Ohlwärter replaced the injured Schumann after the third heat of the 1979 event.
- ^ Ranzi replaced the injured Costa after the first heat of the 1999 event.
- ^ Herzog replaced the injured Streltsov after the third heat of the 2007 event.
- ^ Bredau replaced the injured Kuske after the first heat of the 2013 event.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 20 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
2 | ![]() | 15 | 14 | 14 | 43 |
3 | ![]() | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (17 entries) | 66 | 68 | 64 | 198 |
Two-woman
Debuted: 2000.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (5 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Women's Monobob
Debuted: 2021
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
2021 Altenberg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2023 St. Moritz | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
2024 Winterberg | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Totals (2 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Skeleton
Men
Debuted: 1982
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
11 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 entries) | 31 | 32 | 31 | 94 |
Women
Debuted: 2000
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Mixed team
Debuted: 2020.
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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2020 Altenberg | ![]() Jacqueline Lölling Alexander Gassner | ![]() Jane Channell Dave Greszczyszyn | ![]() Valentina Margaglio Mattia Gaspari |
2021 Altenberg | ![]() Tina Hermann Christopher Grotheer | ![]() Jacqueline Lölling Alexander Gassner | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia Elena Nikitina Aleksandr Tretyakov |
2023 St. Moritz | ![]() Susanne Kreher Christopher Grotheer | ![]() Laura Deas Matt Weston | ![]() Brogan Crowley Craig Thompson |
2024 Winterberg | ![]() Hannah Neise Christopher Grotheer | ![]() Tabitha Stoecker Matt Weston | ![]() Jacqueline Pfeifer Axel Jungk |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Mixed team (bobsleigh and skeleton)
Debuted: 2007
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
IBSF World Championships cumulative medal count
- Updated after the IBSF World Championships 2024.
Bobsleigh
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 56 | 42 | 36 | 134 |
2 | ![]() | 32 | 27 | 30 | 89 |
3 | ![]() | 18 | 18 | 6 | 42 |
4 | ![]() | 12 | 15 | 23 | 50 |
5 | ![]() | 10 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
6 | ![]() | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
7 | ![]() | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 |
8 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
9 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (18 entries) | 153 | 154 | 150 | 457 |
Skeleton
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 20 | 11 | 12 | 43 |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 entries) | 54 | 55 | 54 | 163 |
Mixed team (bobsleigh and skeleton)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Overall
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 84 | 58 | 49 | 191 |
2 | ![]() | 39 | 35 | 35 | 109 |
3 | ![]() | 18 | 19 | 7 | 44 |
4 | ![]() | 17 | 22 | 35 | 74 |
5 | ![]() | 12 | 17 | 18 | 47 |
6 | ![]() | 10 | 13 | 12 | 35 |
7 | ![]() | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
8 | ![]() | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
9 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
10 | ![]() | 6 | 15 | 15 | 36 |
11 | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
12 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
International | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (24 entries) | 217 | 219 | 214 | 650 |
Multiple medalists
Boldface denotes active athletes and highest medal count among all athletes (including these who not included in these tables) per type. "Position" denotes position of bobsledder in a crew (P – bobsledder won all own medals as a pilot; B – bobsledder won all own medals as a brakeman / brakewoman and / or as a pusher; B/P – bobsledder won own medals firstly as a brakeman / brakewoman and / or as a pusher and then as a pilot).
Men's bobsleigh
Rank | Bobsledder | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Position |
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1 | Francesco Friedrich | ![]() | 2011 | 2024 | 16 | 3 | – | 19 | P |
2 | Thorsten Margis | ![]() | 2015 | 2024 | 10 | 1 | – | 11 | B |
3 | Eugenio Monti | ![]() | 1957 | 1966 | 9 | 1 | – | 10 | P |
4 | André Lange | ![]() | 2000 | 2009 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | P |
5 | Christoph Langen | ![]() | 1991 | 2004 | 8 | 4 | – | 12 | B/P |
6 | Kevin Kuske | ![]() | 2003 | 2012 | 7 | 4 | * 4 * | * 15 * | B |
7 | Erich Schärer | ![]() | 1971 | 1986 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | B/P |
8 | Fritz Feierabend | ![]() | 1935 | 1955 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | B/P |
9 | Wolfgang Hoppe | ![]() ![]() | 1983 | 1997 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | P |
10 | Renzo Alverà | ![]() | 1957 | 1961 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 | B |
Alexander Schüller | ![]() | 2020 | 2024 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 | B |
* not including one medal in the Two-man event at the 2013 World Championships as he was replaced due to injury after the first of four heats
Women's bobsleigh
Rank | Bobsledder | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Position |
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1 | Sandra Kiriasis (Prokoff) | ![]() | 2003 | 2013 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | P |
2 | Kaillie Humphries | ![]() ![]() | 2008 | 2023 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | P |
3 | Elana Meyers Taylor | ![]() | 2009 | 2024 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | B/P |
4 | Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel | ![]() | 2004 | 2016 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | B/P |
5 | Romy Logsch | ![]() | 2007 | 2011 | 3 | – | – | 3 | B |
6 | Cathleen Martini | ![]() | 2003 | 2015 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | P |
7 | Laura Nolte | ![]() | 2021 | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | P |
8 | Franziska Bertels | ![]() | 2013 | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | B |
9 | Annika Drazek | ![]() | 2015 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | B |
Berit Wiacker | ![]() | 2007 | 2012 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | B |
Men's skeleton
Rank | Racer | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Christopher Grotheer | ![]() | 2015 | 2024 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
2 | Martins Dukurs | ![]() | 2011 | 2019 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
3 | Gregor Stähli | ![]() | 1990 | 2009 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
4 | Axel Jungk | ![]() | 2015 | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
5 | Jeff Pain | ![]() | 2001 | 2005 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 |
6 | Ryan Davenport | ![]() | 1995 | 1997 | 2 | – | 1 | 3 |
7 | Frank Rommel | ![]() | 2008 | 2013 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Aleksandr Tretyakov | ![]() Bobsleigh Federation of Russia | 2009 | 2021 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
9 | Andi Schmid | ![]() | 1990 | 1994 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 |
Matt Weston | ![]() | 2023 | 2024 | 1 | 3 | – | 4 |
Women's skeleton
Rank | Racer | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Tina Hermann | ![]() | 2015 | 2021 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
2 | Marion Thees (Trott) | ![]() | 2009 | 2013 | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
3 | Jacqueline Pfeifer (Lölling) | ![]() | 2015 | 2024 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
4 | Noelle Pikus-Pace | ![]() | 2005 | 2013 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 |
Anja Selbach (Huber) | ![]() | 2008 | 2015 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | |
6 | Maya Pedersen | ![]() | 2001 | 2009 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
7 | Katie Uhlaender | ![]() | 2007 | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Susanne Kreher | ![]() | 2023 | 2023 | 2 | – | – | 2 |
9 | Michelle Kelly | ![]() | 2003 | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Lizzy Yarnold | ![]() | 2012 | 2017 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
References
- 2-Man bobsleigh World Champions
- 2-Woman bobsleigh World Champions
- 4-Man bobsleigh World Champions[permanent dead link]
- Men's skeleton World Champions
- Mixed bobsleigh/skeleton World Champions
- Women's skeleton World Champions
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