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World champion Leonie Fiebig switches from Germany to Team USA
Leonie Fiebig will compete for Team USA after switching from Germany’s bobsleigh program.
The 36-year-old German brakeman won the 2023 two-woman bobsleigh world title with pilot Kim Kalicki.
Fiebig had not made Germany’s Olympic team and said she was deeply disappointed after years of preparing for the Games.
She was also only a reserve for Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Fiebig has already competed in US push-start championships, and one outlet says she won the event and a two-woman race with pilot Kaysha Love.
Her Olympic plans with the United States remain uncertain; the next Winter Games are scheduled for 2030 in the French Alps.
The switch could put her in competition with German crews, who have dominated recent bobsleigh World Cup and Olympic results.
Leonie Fiebig, a 2023 bobsleigh world champion for Germany, says she will compete for Team USA.
The 36-year-old announced the switch on social media on November 3, 2026.
Fiebig had not qualified for Germany’s Olympic team earlier in 2026 and publicly expressed disappointment.
She had already competed at US push-start championships, winning the title in October, according to BILD.
Fiebig won the two-woman bobsleigh world championship with pilot Kim Kalicki in 2023.
- Who
- Leonie Fiebig, a 36-year-old bobsleigh push athlete and 2023 world champion.
- What
- She announced she will compete for Team USA instead of Germany.
- When
- She announced the switch on November 3, 2026.
- Where
- The announcement was made on social media. Fiebig had studied at the University of Memphis.
- Why
- She had been left out of Germany’s Olympic team and had expressed disappointment. The sources do not state a specific reason for the switch.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Fiebig made her World Cup debut, according to BILD.
Fiebig and pilot Kim Kalicki won the world championship in two-woman bobsleigh.
Fiebig did not qualify for Germany’s Olympic team and publicly expressed disappointment.
Fiebig competed at US push-start championships; BILD reports that she won the title and a two-woman event with pilot Kaysha Love.
Fiebig announced that she would compete for Team USA.
- Age
- 36
- World title
- 2023, two-woman bobsleigh with Kim Kalicki
- German podium finishes
- 29 at international championships and World Cups, according to n-tv.de
- US push-start title
- October 2026, according to BILD
- New team
- Team USA
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What people are saying
I will now compete for TEAM USA.
It is official: I will compete for Team USA from now on.
I cannot and do not want to deny my disappointment.
It breaks my heart that I cannot show my experience, my knowledge and my performance on Olympic ground again.