Axel Jungk

Axel Jungk (born 13 April 1991)[1] Is a German skeleton racer who represents his nation in the Skeleton World Cup.[2][3]

Axel Jungk
Jungk in 2022
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1991-04-13) 13 April 1991
Zschopau, Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportSkeleton
ClubBSC Sachsen Oberbärenburg
Medal record
Men's skeleton
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2022 BeijingMen
World Championships
2015 WinterbergMixed team
2016 IglsMixed team
2017 KönigsseeMixed team
2017 KönigsseeMen
2020 AltenbergMen
European Championships
2019 IglsMen
2018 IglsMen

Jungk finished in third place in the standings in the 2014-15 Skeleton World Cup season. During the 2015-16 Skeleton World Cup Season he finished fourth, with a tie with Alexsandr Tretyakov for silver at Winterberg and a bronze at Park City. In the 2016–17 World Cup circuit he once again finished fourth with a bronze at Altenberg.

Jungk finished in second place in the standings in the 2017–18 Skeleton World Cup, racking up a total of 1,507 points from a gold at Königssee, a silver at St. Moritz and a bronze at Park City.

Jungk finished fourth in the 2018-19 Skeleton World Cup with a silver at Winterberg and a bronze in Igls.

He began the 2019-20 Skeleton World Cup season with a win at Lake Placid.[4]

Jungk took the silver medal in the Men's Skeleton Singles contest at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, PRC, finishing behind his countryman Christopher Grotheer who won German's first ever Gold medal in the event .[5]

References
  1. "Offizielle Homepage von Axel Jungk". axeljungk-skeleton.de (in German). Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. "Axel JUNGK – Player Profile – Ski Jumping". eurosport.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. "German team selected for the Skeleton World Cup". ibsf.org. Archived from the original on 21 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. "Jungk takes second skeleton World Cup victory at season opener". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. "Christopher Grotheer wins Germany's first skeleton gold | NBC Olympics".
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