Claudia Künzel
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Medal record | |||
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Claudia Nystad (no. 9) at Tour de Ski in Prague |
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Competitor for Germany | |||
Women's cross country skiing | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 × 5 km | |
Silver | 2006 Turin | Individual sprint | |
Silver | 2006 Turin | 4 × 5 km | |
World Championships | |||
Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 5 km | |
Silver | 2003 Val di Fiemme | Individual sprint | |
Silver | 2007 Sapporo | Team sprint | |
Silver | 2007 Sapporo | 4 x 5 km |
Claudia Künzel-Nystad (born February 1, 1978, in Zschopau) is a German top-level woman cross country skier. She represents the sports club WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal. Besides her civilian sports career, she serves as a sports soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces.
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[edit] Career achievements
- 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City: Gold in 4×5 km.
- 2003 World Championships in Val di Fiemme: Gold in 4×5 km and silver in individual sprint.
- 2006 Olympics in Turin: Silvers in individual sprint and 4×5 km.
- 2007 World Championships in Sapporo: Silvers in team sprint (with Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle) and in 4×5 km.
- As of February 2007, twenty World Cup podium placements: one victory (the 15 km mass start in Otepää on 10 January 2004, where she finished 0.9 seconds ahead of home favorite Kristina Šmigun); six seconds; and eleven thirds.
[edit] Personal life
On June 27, 2005, Künzel married her friend Trond Nystad of Norway, ex-coach of the American cross-country ski team.
In the summer of 2007, Künzel donated her gold medal from the 2002 Winter Olympics to benefit the 'Hansel und Gretel' foundation (Hansel and Gretel in German) committed to helping abused children.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ FIS Newsflash 135. July 11, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- FIS-Ski: Claudia Kuenzel-Nystad - statistics
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Categories: 1978 births | German cross-country skiers | Living people | Winter Olympics medalists | Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics | Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for Germany | Olympic silver medalists for Germany | Cross-country skiing biography stubs | German Winter Olympic medalist stubs