Mike Richter

Structural Civil Engineer, Track Designer,

Principal Research and Development Engineer

Olympic Sliding Center Design and Construction Supervision:

Track Designer, Principal Research and Development Engineer, Sochi 2014 Sanki Sliding Center Project - Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Russia

2006 - present

2004 - 2006

Track Designer, Principal Research and Development Engineer, 2010 Whistler Sliding Center Project - Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Track Designer, Principal Research and Development Engineer,2006 Torino Sliding Center, Torino, Italy

2000 - 2005

Non-Olympic Sliding Center Design and Feasibility Study:

Salnsjöbaden, Sweden: Study for a luge track with 600 m length, artificial iced

2008

2008

Cortina d‘Ampezzo: Inventory Study (digitizing) and state investigation of track and technical equipment, reconstruction in terms of future use while respecting the historic nature of the track.

2007

Bakuriani, Georgia: Study for a 450 m length luge track

2005  

Krynica, Poland: Study for the construction of a artificial iced bob– and luge track

Education:

Structural Civil Engineer, Technical University Leipzig, Germany

1990 -1995

Publications:

"High-Speed Ice Friction Experiments under Lab Conditions: On the Influence of Speed and Normal Force," ISRN Tribology, vol. 2013, Article ID 703202