Justin Kripps

A high-performance track and field athlete at the varsity and national level, Justin Kripps got introduced to the sport of bobsleigh after accepting an invitation to participate in a testing camp in August 2006. Justin quickly discovered the sport was a fun and unique challenge, which he was willing to take on and pursue a career in. 

Just over a decade later, Justin became the second Canadian male ever to win Olympic gold in the two-man event when he and Alex Kopacz teamed up to finish in a dead heat with the Germans. Ironically it was nearly 20 years ago to the day since Canada last won an Olympic gold in two-man bobsleigh. It was then Justin’s former teammate and mentor, Pierre Lueders, piloted his Canadian sled to a tie with the Germans in Nagano Japan.

The triumph capped off a stellar season for Justin where he finished first in the Overall World Cup two- four-man and combined rankings. Team Kripps racked up one gold, two silver and one bronze in two-man racing. He added a silver in the four-man. 

Justin continued to add his name to the Canadian bobsleigh history books. He became just the third Canadian ever to reach the podium in both the 2-and 4-man events at the same World Championships after winning the silver (2-man) and bronze (4-man).

He proved in 2020 he will continue to be a force to reckon with on the track to Beijing 2022. Team Kripps finished third in the Overall World Cup two- and four-man standings. He was second in the Overall Combined World Cup standings.

Team Kripps was named Team of the Year at the 2019 Canadian Sport Awards.

His first World Championship medal came in 2017, when he and Jesse Lumsden won the silver in Konigssee, Germany. 

Justin first transitioned into bobsleigh from track and field. He was one of the top brakeman on the Canadian Bobsleigh Team for nearly three years. 

After competing in his first Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver-Whistler, Justin moved into the driver’s seat after taking pilot’s school in the summer of 2010. He made his World Cup debut in 2012 in Whistler and quickly emerged as one of the top pilots in the country and on the world stage. 

Justin drove into his second Olympics, and first as a pilot, in Sochi, Russia in 2018 on a hot streak after sliding to his first World Cup win in the two-man race in Konigssee, Germany.

Career Highlights

Pilot/Pilote​

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Other
2020 – World Cup, Sigulda, LAT			2man  4man
2020 – World Cup, St. Moritz, SUI	4man			5th 2man
2020 – World Cup, Konigssee, GER		2man	4man
2020 – World Cup, Igls, AUT				5th 4man
2020 – World Cup, La Plagne, FRA				5th 4man
2020 – World Cup, Winterberg, GER				5th 4man
2019 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA	4man
2019 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA			2man
2019 – World Championships, Whistler, CAN		2man	4man
2019 – World Cup, Calgary, CAN		2man		5th 4man
2019 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA	4man		2man
2019 – World Cup, Igls, AUT				6th 4man 4th 2man
2019 – World Cup, Koenigssee, GER		2man		5th 4man
2019 – World Cup, Altenberg, GER		2man
2018 – Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang, KOR	2man			6th 4man
2018 – World Cup, Koenigssee, GER			2man
2018 – World Cup, St. Moritz, SUI				4th 2man
2018 – World Cup, Altenberg, GER	2man			4th 4man
2017 – World Cup, Igls, AUT		2man  4man
2017 – World Cup, Winterberg, GER		2man		4th 4man
2017 – World Cup, Park City, USA		4man
2017 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA		4man		4th 2man
2017 – World Championships, Koenigssee, GER		2man		6th 4man
2017 – World Cup, Igls, AUT				5th 2man
2016 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA		2man
2016 – World Cup, Whistler, CAN				4th 2man 5th 4man
2016 – World Cup, Koenigssee, GER				7th 2man
2016 – World Cup, Whistler, CAN				5th 2man
2016 – World Cup, Park City, USA				4th 4man
2016 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA			4man	4th 2man
2015 – World Cup, Koenigssee, GER				4th 2man
2015 – World Cup, Altenberg, GER				6th 2man
2015 – World Cup, Koenigssee, GER			2man
2015 – World Cup, Sochi, RUS				4th 2man 4th 4man
2014 – World Cup, Lake Placid, USA				7th 2man 4th 4man
2014 – Olympic Winter Games, Sochi, RUS				30th 4man  6th 2man
2014 – World Cup, Koenigssee, GER	2man
2014 – World Cup, Igls, AUT				5th 2man

Sochi 2014 as a pilot, Vancouver 2010 as a brakeman)/ Triple Olympien (Pyeong-Chang 2018 – médaillé d’or (bob à deux); 6ème place en bobsleigh à quatre; Sotchi 2014 comme pilote, Vancouver 2010 comme frein)

Finished First on 2018 Overall World Cup in Two-Man, Four-Man and Combined/A terminé premier au classement général de Coupe du monde 2018 à travers les disciplines de bob à deux, bob à quatre et toutes disciplines confondues.

Olympic Winter Games Results

Pilot 

Brakeman

World Championship Results

Pilot 

Brakeman 

World Cup Results

Pilot 

Brakeman