Axel Jungk (born 13 April 1991) is a German skeleton racer who represents his nation in the Skeleton World Cup. He is a three-time Winter Olympic silver medalist and three-time IBSF World Championships gold medalist.
Career
Jungk finished third in the standings in the 2014–15 Skeleton World Cup season. In the 2015–16 Skeleton World Cup season, he secured fourth place overall, tying with Alexsandr Tretyakov for silver at Winterberg and earning a bronze at Park City. He once again finished fourth in the 2016–17 World Cup circuit, adding a bronze at Altenberg.
Jungk finished in second place in the standings in the 2017–18 Skeleton World Cup, racking up a total of 1,507 points from gold at Königssee, a silver at St. Moritz and a bronze at Park City.
Jungk finished fourth in the 2018–19 Skeleton World Cup with a silver at Winterberg and a bronze in Igls.
He began the 2019–20 Skeleton World Cup season with a win at Lake Placid.
Jungk took the silver medal in the Men's Skeleton Singles contest at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, PRC, finishing behind his countryman Christopher Grotheer who won Germany's first ever Gold medal in the event.
Career results All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).
Olympic Games EventMenSkeletonmixed team 2018 Pyeongchang 7th 2022 Beijing 2nd 2026 Milano Cortina 2nd 2nd
World Championships EventMenSkeletonmixed teamMixed team 2012 Lake Placid 22nd rowspan=5 — 2015 Winterberg 6th 1st 2016 Innsbruck 4th 1st 2017 Königssee 2nd 1st 2019 Whistler 10th DNS 2020 Altenberg 2nd — rowspan=4 2023 St. Moritz 18th — 2024 Winterberg 5th 3rd 2025 Lake Placid 3rd 5th
World Cup results Season12345678PointsPlace 2014–15 4 5 5 7 6 7 9 6 14083rd 2015–16 42 6 43 9 8 4 1474 4th 2016–17 6 63 6 7 4 4 7 1448 4th 2017–18 43 9 6 4 821 15072nd 2018–19 82 53 5 5 7 7 1458 5th 2019–203 43 5 14 4 3 – 1305 7th 2020–21 – – – – – – 4 – 192 31st 2021–22 4 5 12 2 12 2 4 1551 2nd 2022–23 4 7 5 2 3 3 7 10 1466 5th 2023–24 – 13 9 9 2 16 9 14 1010 11th 2024–25 9 16 9 4 10 10 4 4 1264 5th
References
External links
Axel Jungk at Milano Cortina 2026