2018 Winter Olympics: The Brightest Skeleton Men Posters
The path of skeleton at the Olympic Games was rather complicated. The first competitions were held in 1928 and again in 1948. However, the sport was added to the permanent Olympic program only in 2002. The athletes compete in single events only.
Maybe, skeleton doesn’t have so many fans as bobsleigh or luge, but if you are fond of this kind of sports, you may like our selection of the brightest 2018 Winter Olympics skeleton men posters.
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Yun Sung-bin Posters
Yun Sung-bin
Yun Sung-bin is a South Korean skeleton racer. He is a silver medalist of the 2016 World Championships. He gained 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the 2013 North American Cup. Yun took part in 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and finished 16th. At 2018 Winter Olympics, Yun became a gold medalist.
He is an overall gold medalist of the 2017/18 World Cup and is a silver medalist in 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons. In total, at the World Cup events, Sungbin earned 7 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze medals. Also, he is gold and 4-time silver medalist of the Intercontinental Cup.
Axel Jungk
Axel Jungk is a skeleton racer from Germany. He is a bronze medalist of the 2018 European Championships. At the World Championships, the athlete won 3 gold and 2 silver medals. Participating in the Europe Cup events, the racer became 2-time gold, 4-time-silver and 4-time bronze medalist.
Alex rose to the World Cup podiums six times. He gained 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. In addition, he is gold, silver and 3-time bronze medalist of the Intercontinental Cup.
Tomass Dukurs
Tomass Dukurs is a Latvian skeleton racer, a brother of Martins Dukurs. He is a bronze medalist of 2015 World Championships as well as 2-time silver and 2-time bronze medalist of the European Championships.
Tomass competed at 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. He showed the best results in Vancouver and Sochi, finishing 4th. At the World Cup events, the racer won 14 silver and 13 bronze medals.
Martins Dukurs
Martins Dukurs is a skeleton racer from Latvia, a brother of Tomass Dukurs. He is 6-time world champion and 3-time European champion. Martins participated in 2010 and 2014 Olympic Games and won 3 silver medals.
At the World Cup events, the skeleton racer earned 50 gold, 11 silver and 7 bronze medals. He is 8-time overall winner of the World Cup in a row from 2009/10 to 2016/17 seasons.
Nikita Tregubov Posters
Nikita Tregubov
Nikita Tregubov is a Russian skeleton racer. He is a bronze medalist of 2017 World Championships and is silver and bronze medalist of 2018 and 2016 European Championships. He participated in 2014 Olympic Games and finished 6th. Moreover, he is a silver medalist of 2018 Winter Olympics.
Nikita won a silver medal at 2012 Europe Cup. At the World Cup, the athlete earned 1 silver and 5 bronze medals. He is also 4-time gold medalist of the Intercontinental Cup.
Christopher Grotheer
Christopher Grotheer is a skeleton racer from Germany. He is 2-time silver medalist of the World Championships in 2015 and 2017. The athlete is the winner of 2012 and 2015 Junior World Championships. At 2017 European Championships, he finished 4th.
Christopher is 3-time silver medalist of the Europe Cup. At the World Cup events, he gained 1 gold and 2 bronze medals. Moreover, he is a gold medalist of 2013 Intercontinental Cup.
Alexander Gassner
Alexander Gassner is a German skeleton racer. He is the winner of 2010 Junior World Championships and a bronze medalist of 2017 FIBT World Championships. Gassner is 12-time gold, 8-time silver and 3-time bronze medalist of the Intercontinental Cup.
Alexander won gold medals at the Europe Cup 5 times and earned 2 bronze medals at the World Cup events.
Matt Antoine
Matt Antoine is an American skeleton racer. He is the 2012 world champion in the mixed team event. The athlete is 5-time gold and 3-time silver medalist of the North American Cup. He gained 2 gold and 4 bronze medals at the Intercontinental Cup events.
At 2014 Winter Olympics, Matt won a bronze medal in skeleton. At 2013/14 Skeleton World Cup, he gained an overall bronze medal. In total, he owns 1 gold, 1 silver and 10 bronze medals of the World Cup events.
Alexander Tretiakov Posters
Alexander Tretiakov
Alexander Tretiakov is a skeleton racer from Russia. He is the 2013 world champion and is the winner of 4 silver and 2 bronze medals of the World Championships. Tretiakov is the winner of 2007 European Championships. At the World Cup events, he earned 10 gold, 24 silver and 18 bronze medals.
At 2010 Winter Olympics, Alexander won a bronze medal. In 2014, he won a gold medal but was disqualified because of the doping scandal. The racer is 7-time gold and 2-time silver medalist of the Intercontinental Cup as well as 3-time gold and 1-time silver medalist of the North American Cup.
Matthias Guggenberger
Matthias Guggenberger is an Austrian skeleton racer. He is a bronze medalist of the 2016 World Championships in the mixed team event as well as the winner of 2009 Europe Cup. Taking part in the World Cup events since 2007, the athlete rose to the podium only twice, winning 1 silver and 1 bronze medals.
Matthias took part in 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and finished 8th and 14th. In 2014, he also finished 7th at the Intercontinental Cup.
Dominic Parsons
Dominic Parsons is a British skeleton racer. In 2013, he gained a bronze medal at the World Cup event in Calgary. In 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, the athlete finished 5th overall at the Skeleton World Cup.
Parsons participated in 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. In 2018, he became a bronze medalist. This medal was the first one for the British skeleton team since 1948.
At the moment, these skeleton racers are the greatest representatives of this kind of sports and we are sure that they will show fantastic results in PyeongChang. And these 2018 Winter Olympics skeleton men posters are a good way to support your favorites at the competition.
