Alexander Kopacz

Alexander Kopacz
Personal information
Born (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)
London, Ontario, Canada
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight112 kg (247 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryCanada
SportBobsleigh
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Two-man
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Winterberg Mixed team

Alexander Kopacz (born 26 January 1990) is a Canadian bobsledder and the reigning Olympic co-champion in the two-man bobsleigh event. He competed in the two-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] Kopacz and pilot Justin Kripps tied with the German team of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis for the gold medal.[3]

  1. ^ "Alex Kopacz profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Alexander Kopacz". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Canada's Kripps, Kopacz tie Germany for 2-man bobsleigh gold". CBC Sports. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.