Axel Jungk

Axel Jungk

File:2022-03-28 Empfang des Sächsischen Ministerpräsidenten für die Teilnehmenden der Olympischen Winterspiele 2022 by Sandro Halank–054.jpg Jungk in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1991-04-13) 13 April 1991 Zschopau, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Skeleton
Club	BSC Sachsen Oberbärenburg
Medal record Men's skeleton Representing Germany Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Men World Championships Gold medal – first place 2015 Winterberg Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2016 Igls Mixed team Gold medal – first place 2017 Königssee Mixed team Silver medal – second place 2017 Königssee Men Silver medal – second place 2020 Altenberg Men Bronze medal – third place 2024 Winterberg Mixed team Bronze medal – third place 2025 Lake Placid Men European Championships Silver medal – second place 2019 Igls Men Bronze medal – third place 2018 Igls Men Bronze medal – third place 2023 Altenberg Men Bronze medal – third place 2025 Lillehammer Men

Axel Jungk (born 13 April 1991) is a German skeleton racer who represents his nation in the Skeleton World Cup.

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 German's first ever Gold medal in the event .

Career results

All results are sourced from the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF).

World Championships

Event	Men	Skeleton mixed team	Mixed team
2012 Lake Placid	22nd	—	—
2015 Winterberg	6th		1st
2016 Innsbruck	4th		1st
2017 Königssee	2nd		1st
2019 Whistler	10th		DNS
2020 Altenberg	2nd	—	—
2023 St. Moritz	18th	—
2024 Winterberg	5th	3rd
2025 Lake Placid	3rd	5th

World Cup results

Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		Points	Place
2014–15		Lake Placid 4	Calgary 5	Altenberg 5	Königssee 7	St. Moritz 6	La Plagne 7	Innsbruck 9	Sochi 6		1408	3rd
2015–16		Altenberg 4	Winterberg 2	Königssee 1 6	Lake Placid 4	Park City 3	Whistler 9	St. Moritz 8	Königssee 2 4		1474	4th
2016–17		Whistler 6	Lake Placid 6	Altenberg 3	Winterberg 6	St. Moritz 7	Königssee 4	Innsbruck 4	Pyeongchang 7		1448	4th
2017–18		Lake Placid 4	Park City 3	Whistler 9	Winterberg 6	Innsbruck 4	Altenberg 8	St. Moritz 2	Königssee 1		1507	2nd
2018–19		Sigulda 8	Winterberg 2	Altenberg 5	Innsbruck 3	St. Moritz 5	Lake Placid 5	Calgary 1 7	Calgary 2 7		1458	5th
2019–20		Lake Placid 1 3	Lake Placid 2 4	Winterberg 3	La Plagne 5	Innsbruck 14	Königssee 4	St. Moritz 3	Sigulda -		1305	7th
2020–21		Sigulda 1 –	Sigulda 2 –	Innsbruck 1 –	Innsbruck 2 –	Winterberg –	St. Moritz –	Königssee 4	Innsbruck 3 –		192	31st
2021–22		Innsbruck 1 4	Innsbruck 2 5	Altenberg 1 1	Winterberg 1 2	Altenberg 2 2	Sigulda 12	Winterberg 2 2	St. Moritz 4		1551	2nd
2022–23		Whistler 4	Park City 7	Lake Placid 2 5	Winterberg 1 2	Altenberg 1 3	Altenberg 2 3	Innsbruck 7	Sigulda 10		1466	5th
2023–24		Yanqing –	La Plagne 13	Innsbruck 9	St. Moritz 9	Lillehammer 2	Sigulda 16	Altenberg 9	Lake Placid 14		1010	11th
2024–25		Pyeongchang 1 9	Pyeongchang 2 16	Yanqing 9	Altenberg 4	Sigulda 10	Winterberg 10	St. Moritz 4	Lillehammer 4		1264	5th