Francesco Friedrich (born 2 May 1990) is a German bobsledder who has been active since 2006. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he and his brakeman Thorsten Margis tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for the gold medal in the two-man competition. Friedrich also won gold outright in the four-man event alongside Margis, Candy Bauer and Martin Grothkopp, making Friedrich the fifth German pilot to win two-man and four-man golds at the same Games, after Andreas Ostler in 1952, Meinhard Nehmer in 1976, Wolfgang Hoppe in 1984 and André Lange in 2006. At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Friedrich and Margis again won the gold medal with both sleighs. Friedrich previously competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the doubles and fours and finished in eighth and tenth place, respectively.
He is the most successful athlete of the IBSF World Championships winning his first gold medal in the 2011 Königssee mixed team event. Between 2017 and 2021, he won all IBSF World Championships, two-man and four-man, increasing his number of titles to 13.
Career results Olympic Games Event Two-man Four-man Representing 2014 Sochi 6th 8th 2018 Pyeongchang 1st 1st 2022 Beijing 1st 1st 2026 Milano Cortina 2nd 2nd
World Championships Event Two-man Four-man Team Representing 2011 Königssee 11th – 1st 2012 Lake Placid 4th 9th – 2013 St. Moritz 1st 13th 2nd 2015 Winterberg 1st 4th 1st 2016 Innsbruck 1st 2nd – 2017 Königssee 1st 1st – 2019 Whistler 1st 1st – 2020 Altenberg 1st 1st 2021 Altenberg 1st 1st 2023 St. Moritz 2nd 1st 2024 Winterberg 1st 1st 2025 Lake Placid 1st 1st
Bobsleigh World Cup Two-man Season Place Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2011–12 27th 304 – – – – – DSQ 11 7 2012–13 6th 13693 3 3 – – 1 3 3 10 2013–14 3rd 1400 6 3 7 9 5 3 4 12 2014–15 4th 1429 1 2 5 7 4 1 1 — 2015–16 6th 1275 1 1 1 8 DNF 16 10 3 2016–17 1st 1545 1 — 11 2 211 2017–18 2nd 1504 9 9 132 12 21 2018–19 1st 1800 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2019–20 1st 1530 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 — 2020–21 1st 2685 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 111 1 1 2021–22 1st 1703 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 1 2022–23 2nd 1656 1 1 2 6 3 3 2 2 2023–24 1st 1675 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 1colspan=4 2024–25 3rd 1520 DSQ 1 3 1 1 2 1 2colspan="4" 2025–26 2nd 1465 2 2 1 2 3 2 3colspan="5"
Four-man SeasonPlacePoints 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2011–12 27th 272 – – – – – 10 – 12 2012–13 19th 624 5 13 10 – – – – – 6 2013–14 7th 1400 13 15 14 2 2 11 9 5 2014–15 5th 1310 14 2 6 4 2 3 2 — 2015–16 2nd 1570 1 1 4 6 7 4 4 3 2016–17 7th 1224 12 — 3 5 3 5 4 11 2017–18 2nd 1468 9 4 12 3 3 2 2 6 2018–19 1st 1727 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 2019–20 1st 1686 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 5 2020–21 1st 900 1 1 1 1 2021–22 1st 1785 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2022–23 1st 1737 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 2023–24 1st 1745 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2024–25 1st 1515 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2025–26 2nd 1446 2 1 2 3 1 6 3colspan=2
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