The IBSF Pan American Championships are the principle annual bobsleigh and skeleton championships specifically for athletes in the Americas region. The first Championships were held in the 2024 season. The Championships are held on an annual basis within a preselected IBSF World Cup or IBSF North America Cup event, in the so-called race-in-race mode for each discipline. The results of non-Americas athletes at these North America Cup stages (which are otherwise, notwithstanding the name, open races including athletes from all continents) are not counted for the purposes of the Pan American Championships standings.
Editions
Like most winter sports, the international season in bobsleigh and skeleton is held across two calendar years, to mirror the winter season in the traditional northern hemisphere heartlands of the sport (North America, Europe and far east Asia) and the Pan American Championships mirror that arrangement. Since its introduction in 2024 the event has generally been split either side of the New year, and shared by the venues at Lake Placid in New York State, in the United States, and Whistler in British Columbia, Canada. However, the winners of both events are considered the champions of the latter year - i.e. Champions crowned in the event at the end of 2024 are effectively considered the 2025 Pan American champions in that event). Notwithstanding this arrangement, athletes from the South American nations of Brazil and Colombia, and the Caribbean nations of Jamaica and the U.S. Virgin Islands, have won a number of medals.
Edition Season Year Discipline Venue EventsI 2023-24 2024Bobsleigh & Skeleton Lake Placid6II2024-252024Bobsleigh Whistler42025Skeleton Lake Placid2III2025-262025Skeleton Whistler22026Bobsleigh Lake Placid4
Bobsleigh
Four-man 2024 Lake Placidone runTaylor AustinShaq Murray-LawrenceAnthony CouturierDeVaughn McEwan 55.12 1Frank del DucaJoshua WilliamsonAdrian AdamsManteo Mitchell 55.19 2Kristopher HornJace JohnsonHakeem Abdul-SaboorDarius Joseph 55.26 2025 Whistler two runs 1Taylor AustinShane Ohrt Mark Zanette Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson 1:43.92 2Cyrus Gray Shaq Murray-Lawrence Chris Holmstead Davidson Henrique De Souza 1:44.46 Edson Bindilatti Edson Martins Erick Vianna Rafael Souza Da Silva 1:44.49 2026 Lake Placid Grady MercerQuinten ArelloHakeem Abdul-SaboorAdrian Adams 1:50.90(55.38/55.52) Jay Dearborn Kenny-Luketa M'PindouChris HolmsteadTobi Ade 1:51.19 (55.63/55.56) Edson BindilattiAndré Luiz da SilvaEdson MartinsTauler Zatti 1:51.58 (55.73/55.85)
Two-man 2024 Lake Placid Two runs 1Frank del DucaManteo Mitchell 1:50.96 2Kristopher HornJoshua Williamson 1:51.16 1Taylor AustinShaq Murray-Lawrence 1:51.39 2025 WhistlerTwo runs 1Taylor Austin Shane Ohrt 1:46.18 Geoffrey Gadbois Collin Storms1:46.47 2Pat Norton Keaton Bruggeling 1:46.74 2026 Lake Placid Two runs 1Shane PitterJunior Harris 1:52.71 1Edson Luques BindilattiTauler Zatti 1:52.89 1Grady MercerBryce Cheek 1:53.03
Two-woman 2024 Lake PlacidTwo runs 1Elana Meyers TaylorEmily Renna 1:54.53 2Kaysha LoveAzaria Hill 1:54.62 Cynthia AppiahMorgan Ramsay 1:55.21 2025 Whistler two runs 1Bianca RibiNiamh Haughey 1:47.54 2Erica Voss Eden Wilson 1:47.80 3Kristen Bujnowski Charlotte Ross 1:47.97 2026 Lake PlacidTwo runs 1 Bianca RibiBrynn McNabb 1:54.91(57.18/57.73) Mica MooreAudra Segree 1:55.92(57.63/58.29) 2 Erica VossAriane Chiasson 1:56.28 (58.05/58.23)
Women's Monobob 2024 Lake Placidtwo runs 1:58.91 1:59.13 1:59.32 2025 Whistlertwo runs 1:53.10 1:53.11 1:54.05 2026 Lake Placidtwo runs 2:00.20 2:01.07 2:01.39
Skeleton
Men's individual 2024 Lake Placidtwo runs 1:48.32 1:48.96 1:49.57 2025 Lake Placidtwo runs 1:50.39 1:51.51 1:51.85 2026 Whistlertwo runs 1:48.64 1:49.20 1:50.22
Women's individual
2024 Lake Placidtwo runs 1:50.35 1:50.61 1:51.24 2025 Lake Placid two runs 1:50.91 1:51.55 1:51.84 2026 Whistler two runs 1:54.41 1:54.47 1:56.70
Overall Medal table
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