Marco JAKOBS

Allemagne
Allemagne
Médailles olympiques
1O
Participations1
Première participationNagano 1998
Année de naissance1974

Biographie

Like many other bobsledding athletes Marco Jacobs was a former track & field athlete, competing as a discus thrower. He never won a German title in the discus but was German champion in 1998 and 2002 in the two-man bob and in 2002 in the four-man bob. Jakobs won 1998 Olympic gold in the four-man bob with pilot Christoph Langen, placing 11th that year with pilot Dirk Wiese in the two-man bob. He also won the 2001 World Championships and the 2003 European Championships in the two-man bob with Langen.

Jakobs studied sports science and then worked as a sports therapist and personal trainer in a medical practice. He was later a pharmaceutical distributor, and then a regional manager for rehabilitation and weight training tools.

Résultats olympiques

Athlete Olympic Results Content

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