Mariama Jamanka

Mariama Jamanka (born 23 August 1990) is a retired German bobsledder who won Gold in the two-woman event with Lisa Buckwitz at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2]

Mariama Jamanka
Jamanka in 2018
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990
West Berlin,[1] Germany
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportBobsleigh
Event(s)Two-woman
ClubBRC Thüringen
Turned pro2012
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangTwo-woman
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingTwo-woman
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 KönigsseeMixed team
Gold medal – first place2019 WhistlerTwo-woman
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 WinterbergTwo-woman
Gold medal – first place2019 KönigsseeTwo-woman
Gold medal – first place2022 St. MoritzMonobob
Silver medal – second place2018 Innsbruck-IglsTwo-woman
Silver medal – second place2022 St. MoritzTwo-woman
Bronze medal – third place2021 WinterbergTwo-woman

Career

A former discus and hammer thrower of Berlin, Jamanka became a bobsledder in 2013.[3] She entered the Bobsleigh World Cup during the 2015–16 season. In January 2017, she won the European Championship in Winterberg with brakewoman Annika Drazek. Later the same year, she was part of the gold-winning German team in the mixed team event at the IBSF World Championships in Königssee.

Before the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Germany's head coach René Spies changed the brakewomen of the country's two leading two-women bobsleighs: Drazek was assigned to pilot Stephanie Schneider, while Jamanka had to work with Schneider's former brakewoman Lisa Buckwitz, with Schneider and Drazek being the most aspiring German team for the Pyeongchang Games.[4] However, Jamanka and Buckwitz won the event, winning Germany's first two-woman bobsleigh medal since 2006, while Schneider and Drazek, who both became injured during the Games, finished fourth.[3]

Jamanka announced her retirement from the sport in April 2022.[5]

Personal

Mariama's mother is German, and her father is from the Gambia.[6]

References
  1. http://www.bsd-portal.de/fileadmin/user_upload/BSD_Dateien_2015_2016/Allgemein/Who_s_Who/Who_s_Who_2016_2017.pdf
  2. "Mariama Jamanka". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. Kreisl, Volker (21 February 2018). "Die lässige Anfängerin rauscht zu Gold". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. Hackenbruch, Felix (21 February 2018). "Bob-Gold für die Hammerwerferin". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. "Olympic Champion Mariama Jamanka announces retirement" (Press release). International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. "Oberhofs coole Berlinerin Mariama Jamanka mit Blitzstart in die Weltklasse". Thüringer Allgemeine. 16 February 2017.
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