Georg Hettich

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Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
Gold	2006 Turin	15 km individual
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	4 x 5 km team
Silver	2006 Turin	4 x 5 km team
Bronze	2006 Turin	7.5 km sprint
World Championships
Silver	2003 Val di Fiemme	4 x 5 km team
Silver	2005 Oberstdorf	4 x 5 km team

Georg Hettich (born October 12, 1978 in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald is a German nordic combined skier and Olympic medalist.

Hettich was a surprise winner of the 15 km individual event at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km team event and repeated this in 2006. With his bronze in the 7.5 km sprint contest in 2006, he completed his medal collection.

Hettich also won silver medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 x 5 km team event both in 2003 and 2005.

He is the son of Urban Hettich, silver medalist in the Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics. They are the only father-son combination to ever medal in the Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics.

[edit] External links

• Official Website (German)
• FIS Profile

Olympic champions in nordic combined individual

1924: Thorleif Haug | 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1932: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1936: Oddbjørn Hagen | 1948: Heikki Hasu | 1952: Simon Slåttvik | 1956: Sverre Stenersen | 1960: Georg Thoma | 1964: Tormod Knutsen | 1968: Franz Keller | 1972: Ulrich Wehling | 1976: Ulrich Wehling | 1980: Ulrich Wehling | 1984: Tom Sandberg | 1988: Hippolyt Kempf | 1992: Fabrice Guy | 1994: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1998: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2002: Samppa Lajunen | 2006: Georg Hettich