Gold Medal
Russian Federation
Alexey Negodaylo
(Алексей Александрович Негодайло)
Alexey Aleksandrovich Negodaylo (Russian: Алексей Александрович Негодайло; born 28 May 1989) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2010.
Dmitry Trunenkov
(Дмитрий Вячеславович Труненков)
Dmitry Vyacheslavovich Trunenkov (Russian: Дмитрий Вячеславович Труненков; born 19 April 1984) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since the early 2000s. He won the silver medal in the four-man event at the 2008 FIBT World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. He won a gold medal at the 2009 Bobsleigh European Championship in St. Moritz, Switzerland and three European silver medals, all in the four-man event.
Trunenkov originally took up sprinting whilst at university before switching to bobsleigh at the age of 21.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Trunenkov crashed during the four-man event.
Trunenkov has a degree in industrial and civil construction from Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Architecture and Construction, which became part of the Siberian Federal University in 2006. He holds the title of Merited Master of Sport in Russia. He is married to Elena and they have a daughter, Dana.
Alexey Voevoda
(Алексей Иванович Воевода)
Alexey Ivanovich Voyevoda (Russian: Алексей Иванович Воевода; born 9 May 1980) is a Russian bobsledder and professional arm wrestler. Two-time champion of the 2014 Winter Olympics Games in Sochi in the two-man and the four-man bobsleigh events.
Alexander Zubkov
(Александр Юрьевич Зубков)
Alexandr Yuryevich Zubkov (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Зубков, born 10 August 1974) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 1999. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won four medals with a silver in 2006 (four-man), a bronze in 2010 (two-man), and two golds in 2014 (two-man and four-man).
Zubkov also won four medals at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (Four-man: 2005, 2008) and two bronzes (Two-man: 2008, Four-man: 2003). He won the Bobsleigh World Cup in the four-man event three times as well (2004-5, 2005–6, 2008–9).
Prior to competing in bobsleigh, he competed in luge. Zubkov finished 20th in the men's singles event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
In 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he won Gold in both Two-Man and Four-Man Bobsleigh.
Bronze Medal
USA
Christopher Fogt
Christopher "Chris" Fogt (born May 29, 1983) is an American bobsledder and a member of the famed Team Night Train participating the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi as the defending champion in the Four-Man Bobsled. He joined Team Night Train, driven by Steven Holcomb, after a record win in the Men's Bobsled U.S. National Push Championship title in 2013. He has pushed for drivers on the America's Cup and World Cup bobsled circuits, and competed in the 2010 Vancouver Games as a member of USA-2.
Chris is the record holder in the U.S. Push Challenge, and finished third in the World Push Challenge. Team Night Train opened the 2013–2014 World Cup season with seven straight gold medals for the first time in history.
Chris, a resident of Utah, is also a Captain in the United States Army and a participant in the US Army World Class Athlete Program. He joined the U.S. Army in 2008 and deployed to Iraq shortly after the Vancouver Games.
Steven Holcomb
Steven Holcomb (born April 14, 1980 in Park City, Utah) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 1998. 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.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he finished sixth in the four-man event and 14th in the two-man event.
Steven Langton
Steven Daniel Langton (born April 15, 1983 in Melrose, MA) is an American bobsledder who has competed since 2007. On February 19, 2012 Steven Langton with pilot Steven Holcomb won the 2-Man event at the 2012 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. This victory marked the first time in the sport's history an American sled had won the event. On February 26, 2012 Langton teamed with pilot Steven Holcomb and push athletes Justin Olsen and Curtis Tomasevicz to claim Gold in the 4-Man event at the 2012 FIBT World Championships. With this victory, Holcomb and his crew became the first American team to win both the 2-Man and 4-Man events in the same World Championships. During the 2010–11 season Langton won the Inaugural World Push Championships held in Cesana Pariol, Italy. He is often regarded as one of the sport's best athletes. Langton has also won 21 World Cup medals; 11 Gold, 7 Silver and 3 Bronze.
On January 17, 2010 Langton was named to the 2010 United States Olympic Team. He competed in both the 2-man and 4-man events with pilot, John Napier. Langton finished tenth in the 2-man event. Due to injuries that were sustained during USA 2's crash in the second run of the 4-Man event, Langton and his team did compete on the second day of the competition.
Langton attended Northeastern University, in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2006 with a degree in Business Management and Entrepreneurship. While at Northeastern, Langton competed in Athletics, excelling in both the 100m and jumping events. His 100m best is 10.58 seconds.
Curtis Tomasevicz
Curtis "Curt" Tomasevicz (born September 17, 1980) is an American former college football player for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers, and bobsledder who has competed since 2004. He won six medals at the FIBT World Championships with two golds (Four-man: 2009, 2012), a silver (Mixed team: 2007) and three bronzes (Two-man: 2009, Mixed team: 2008, 2009).
Tomasevicz finished sixth in the four-man event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was an alternate during the (2006–07) season on World Cup tour for driver Steven Holcomb and won a gold in Cesana, Italy during the 2007–08 season.
It was announced on 15 January 2010 that he made the US team in both the two-man and four-man events at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he won a gold medal.
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