2012–13 Skeleton World Cup
# 2012–13 Skeleton World Cup

The 2012–13 Skeleton World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for skeleton. The season started on 8 November 2012 in Lake Placid, New York, United States, and ended on 17 February 2013 in Sochi, Russia. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run World Cups and Championships in bobsleigh. This season was sponsored by Viessmann.

## Calendar

Below is the schedule of the 2012–13 season

| Venue | Date | Details |
| - | - | - |
| Lake Placid | 8–10 November 2012 | |
| Park City | 16–18 November 2012 | |
| Whistler | 23–25 November 2012 | |
| Winterberg | 7–9 December 2012 | |
| La Plagne | 14–16 December 2012 | |
| Altenberg | 4–6 January 2013 | |
| Königssee | 11–13 January 2013 | |
| Igls | 18–20 January 2013 | Also serves as FIBT European Championship |
| Sochi | 15–17 February 2013 | |

## Results

### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lake Placid | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 2:41.48 (53.69 / 54.02 / 53.77) | Tomass Dukurs Latvia | 2:41.56 (53.84 / 53.93 / 53.79) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 2:41.65 (53.91 / 53.81 / 53.93) |
| Park City | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:39.71 (49.75 / 49.96) | Alexander Kröckel Germany | 1:39.76 (49.81 / 49.95) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:39.82 (49.81 / 50.01) |
| Whistler | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:47.19 (53.70 / 53.49) | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:47.40 (53.62 / 53.78) | Tomass Dukurs Latvia | 1:47.64 (53.90 / 53.74) |
| Winterberg | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:52.71 (56.35 / 56.36) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:52.87 (56.49 / 56.38) | Christopher Grotheer Germany | 1:53.61 (56.87 / 56.74) |
| La Plagne | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 2:02.00 (1:00.80 / 1:01.20) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 2:02.54 (1:01.08 / 1:01.46) | Tomass Dukurs Latvia | 2:02.92 (1:01.35 / 1:01.57) |
| Altenberg | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:58.44 (58.96 / 59.48) | Alexander Kröckel Germany | 1:58.92 (59.21 / 59.71) | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:59.36 (59.51 / 59.85) |
| Königssee | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:42.07 (50.93 / 51.14) | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:42.54 (51.35 / 51.19) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:42.77 (51.44 / 51.33) |
| Igls | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:45.13 (52.68 / 52.45) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:45.88 (53.06 / 52.82) | Tomass Dukurs Latvia | 1:46.48 (53.46 / 53.02) |
| Sochi | Martins Dukurs Latvia | 1:54.12 (56.90 / 57.22) | Aleksandr Tretyakov Russia | 1:54.29 (57.07 / 57.22) | Frank Rommel Germany | 1:55.52 (57.65 / 57.87) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lake Placid | Sarah Reid Canada | 2:47.70 (55.84 / 55.88 / 55.98) | Mellisa Hollingsworth Canada | 2:47.73 (55.85 / 55.89 / 55.99) | Marion Thees Germany | 2:47.83 (55.97 / 56.05 / 55.81) |
| Park City | Katie Uhlaender United States | 1:40.93 (50.48 / 50.45) | Elizabeth Yarnold Great Britain | 1:40.94 (50.36 / 50.58) | Anja Huber Germany | 1:41.21 (50.66 / 50.55) |
| Whistler | Marion Thees Germany | 1:50.92 (55.39 / 55.53) | Sarah Reid Canada | 1:51.09 (55.45 / 55.64) | Elizabeth Yarnold Great Britain | 1:51.17 (55.70 / 55.47) |
| Winterberg | Shelley Rudman Great Britain | 1:56.30 (58.06 / 58.24) | Anja Huber Germany | 1:57.29 (58.59 / 58.70) | Noelle Pikus-Pace United States | 1:57.40 (58.81 / 58.59) |
| La Plagne | Katie Uhlaender United States | 2:08.22 (1:03.98 / 1:04.24) | Sarah Reid Canada | 2:08.71 (1:04.21 / 1:04.50) |
| La Plagne | Katie Uhlaender United States | 2:08.22 (1:03.98 / 1:04.24) | Marion Thees Germany | 2:08.71 (1:04.29 / 1:04.42) |
| Altenberg | Marion Thees Germany | 2:02.59 (1:00.35 / 1:02.24) | Katie Uhlaender United States | 2:02.60 (1:00.12 / 1:02.48) | Noelle Pikus-Pace United States | 2:02.87 (1:00.40 / 1:02.47) |
| Königssee | Noelle Pikus-Pace United States | 1:47.51 (54.17 / 53.34) | Marion Thees Germany | 1:47.92 (54.29 / 53.63) | Anja Huber Germany | 1:48.03 (54.47 / 53.56) |
| Igls | Elena Nikitina Russia | 1:50.46 (55.27 / 55.19) | Noelle Pikus-Pace United States | 1:50.73 (55.32 / 55.41) | Maria Orlova Russia | 1:51.06 (55.48 / 55.58) |
| Sochi | Noelle Pikus-Pace United States | 1:58.91 (59.15 / 59.76) | Katie Uhlaender United States | 1:59.02 (58.98 / 1:00.04) | Anja Huber Germany | 1:59.78 (59.45 / 1:00.33) |

## Standings

### Men

| Pos. | Bobsledder | LKP | PKC | WHI | WIN | LPL | ALT | KON | IGL | SOC | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| 2 | Tomass Dukurs (LAT) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1746 |
| 3 | Alexander Kröckel (GER) | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1636 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1632 |
| 5 | Frank Rommel (GER) | DSQ | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1499 |
| 6 | Eric Neilson (CAN) | 16 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1368 |
| 7 | Kristan Bromley (GBR) | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 1360 |
| 8 | Christopher Grotheer (GER) | 15 | 12 | 13 | 3 | – | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1232 |
| 9 | John Daly (USA) | 4 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1214 |
| 10 | Jon Montgomery (CAN) | 12 | 14 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1160 |
| 11 | John Fairbairn (CAN) | 11 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 1136 |
| 12 | Matthew Antoine (USA) | 10 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 7 | – | 17 | 17 | 11 | 984 |
| 13 | Ed Smith (GBR) | 13 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 978 |
| 14 | Sergey Chudinov (RUS) | — | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | — | 16 | 4 | — | 936 |
| 15 | Hiroatsu Takahashi (JPN) | 17 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 896 |
| 16 | Ben Sandford (NZL) | 8 | DNS | 10 | 9 | 20 | 7 | – | – | 8 | 852 |
| 17 | Kyle Tress (USA) | 5 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 839 |
| 18 | Matthias Guggenberger (AUT) | 19 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 762 |
| 19 | Maurizio Oioli (ITA) | 9 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 14 | – | – | 752 |
| 20 | Raphael Maier (AUT) | 14 | 22 | 17 | 16 | – | 15 | 11 | 20 | 18 | 740 |

### Women

| Pos. | Bobsledder | LKP | PKC | WHI | WIN | LPL | ALT | KON | IGL | SOC | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marion Thees (GER) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1678 |
| 2 | Anja Huber (GER) | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1674 |
| 3 | Katie Uhlaender (USA) | 5 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1580 |
| 4 | Elizabeth Yarnold (GBR) | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1546 |
| 5 | Sarah Reid (CAN) | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 4 | — | 1413 |
| 6 | Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1396 |
| 7 | Shelley Rudman (GBR) | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 1393 |
| 8 | Cassie Hawrysh (CAN) | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 1264 |
| 9 | Michelle Steele (AUS) | 12 | — | 14 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 1240 |
| 10 | Lucy Chaffer (AUS) | 6 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 1240 |
| 11 | Noelle Pikus-Pace (USA) | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1236 |
| 12 | Janine Flock (AUT) | 15 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 1224 |
| 13 | Maria Orlova (RUS) | 17 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 12 | — | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1024 |
| 14 | Olga Potylitsina (RUS) | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 6 | — | 16 | 7 | 6 | 968 |
| 15 | Katharine Eustace (NZL) | 16 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 904 |
| 16 | Donna Creighton (GBR) | 4 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 7 | — | 15 | 19 | 892 |
| 17 | Joska Le Conté (NED) | 18 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 754 |
| 18 | Elena Nikitina (RUS) | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 12 | 1 | 5 | 681 |
| 19 | Lelde Priedulena (LAT) | 21 | 16 | 20 | 20 | — | 12 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 656 |
| 20 | Marina Gilardoni (SUI) | 19 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 16 | — | 18 | 22 | 20 | 592 |
