title: 2018 IBSF Junior & U23 World Championships
text: # 2018 IBSF Junior & U23 World Championships
  
  The 2018 IBSF Junior & U23 World Championships took place at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun in St.Moritz, Switzerland, from 25 to 28 January 2018.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  Six events were held.
  
  All times are local (UTC+1).
  
  | Date | Time | Events |
  | - | - | - |
  | 25 January | 09:00 | Junior Women's skeleton |
  | 25 January | 09:00 | Junior Men's skeleton |
  | 27 January | 09:30 | Junior 2-women bobsleigh |
  | 27 January | 09:30 | U23 2-women bobsleigh |
  | 27 January | 09:30 | Junior 2-men bobsleigh |
  | 27 January | 09:30 | U23 2-men bobsleigh |
  | 28 January | 09:30 | Junior four-men bobsleigh |
  | 28 January | 09:30 | U23 four-men bobsleigh |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Germany (GER) | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
  | 2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
  | 3 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
  
  ### Bobsleigh
  
  **Junior**
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Two-man | Germany Richard Oelsner Alexander Schueller | 2:13.95 | Germany Christoph Hafer Tobias Schneider | 2:13.97 | Austria Benjamin Maier Kilian Walch | 2:14.11 |
  | Four-man | Germany Pablo Nolte Alexander Mair Matthias Sommer Florian Bauer | 2:10.10 | Germany Christoph Hafer Michael Salzer Sebastian Mrowka Tobias Schneider | 2:10.18 | Germany Bennet Buchmüller Paul Krenz Christian Hammers Costa Laurenz | 2:10.45 |
  | Two-woman | Romania Andreea Grecu Florentina Iusco | 2:18.46 | Germany Laura Nolte Lavinia Pittschaft | 2:18.77 | Germany Kim Kalicki Lena Zelichowski | 2:18.85 |
  
  **Under-23**
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Two-man | Germany Richard Oelsner Alexander Schueller | 2:13.95 | Romania Mihai Tentea Ciprian Daroczi | 2:14.57 | Germany Jonas Jannusch Benedikt Hertel | 2:14.96 |
  | Four-man | Germany Richard Oelsner Benedikt Hertel Alexander Schueller Paul Straub | 2:10.67 | Switzerland Michael Vogt Alain Knuser Silvio Weber Sandro Michel | 2:10.91 | Russia Aleksandr Bredikhin Denis Korotkov Vladislav Zharovtsev Georgiy Kuzmenko | 2:11.54 |
  | Two-woman | Germany Laura Nolte Lavinia Pittschaft | 2:18.77 | Russia Polina Nazaruk Victoria Shabalina | 2:18.94 | China Ying Qing He Xinyi | 2:19.31 |
  
  ### Skeleton
  
  | Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Men | Nikita Tregubov Russia | 2:16.36 | Vladislav Marchenkov Russia | 2:17.29 | Felix Keisinger Germany | 2:17.46 |
  | Women | Anna Fernstädt Germany | 2:20.07 | Yulia Kanakina Russia | 2:20.88 | Susanne Kreher Germany | 2:21.08 |
  