Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle

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Medal record
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Competitor for Germany
Women's cross country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	4 × 5 km
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	Individual sprint
Silver	2006 Turin	4 x 5 km
World Championships
Gold	2003 Val di Fiemme	4 x 5 km
Silver	1999 Ramsau	5 km + 10 km combined pursuit
Silver	2003 Val di Fiemme	5 km + 5 km double pursuit
Silver	2007 Sapporo	Team sprint
Silver	2007 Sapporo	4 x 5 km
Bronze	1999 Ramsau	4 x 5 km

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (born November 27, 1980, in Traunstein) is a German cross country skier from Reit im Winkl who has competed since 1998. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, she won a gold in the 4×5 km and a silver in the Individual sprint. She also won a silver in the 4×5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Sachenbacher-Stehle has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a complete set of medals in the 4×5 km (gold: 2003, silver: 2007, bronze: 1999), two silvers in the pursuit (5 km + 10 km combined: 1999, 5 km + 5 km double: 2003), and another silver in the team sprint (2007, with Claudia Künzel-Nystad). She also has fourteen individual victories at various levels in distances up to 5 km in her career from 1998 to 2006.

She married German alpine skier Johannes Stehle in July 2005.

[edit] Controversy

Sachenbacher received a five-day suspension at the beginning of the 2006 Winter Olympics due to a high hemoglobin rate. She was one of twelve athletes given five-day suspensions for health reasons – the International Ski Federation decided they could not safely compete due to an abnormally high red blood cell counts.

[edit] References

"Court refuses to lift Sachenbacher-Stehle's suspension", The Washington Post, February 11, 2006.
McCauley, Janie. "2002 champ loses appeal of high hemoglobin suspension", Ski Racing, February 11, 2006.
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle profile
Official website (German)
FIS-Ski: Evi Sachenbacher Stehle - statistics

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1956 Finland - Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, & Siiri Rantanen * 1960 Sweden - Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, & Sonja Ruthström-Edström * 1964 Soviet Union - Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, & Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 1968 Norway - Inger Aufles, Babben Enger-Damon, & Berit Mørdre Lammedal * 1972 Soviet Union - Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina, & Galina Kulakova

4 x 5 km	1976 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, & Galina Kulakova * 1980 East Germany - Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, & Barbara Petzold * 1984 Norway - Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Britt Pettersen, & Berit Aunli * 1988 Soviet Union - Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, & Anfisa Reztsova * 1992 Unified Team - Yelena Välbe, Raisa Smetanina, Larisa Lazutina, & Lyubov Yegorova * 1994 Russia - Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, & Lyubov Yegorova * 1998 Russia - Nina Gavrilyuk, Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, & Larisa Lazutina * 2002 Germany - Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher * 2006 Russia - Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova

v • d • e World champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay

3 x 5 km	1954 Soviet Union - Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova * 1958 Soviet Union - Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva * 1962 Soviet Union - Lyubov Baranova, Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina * 1966 Soviet Union - Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Rita Achkina & Alevtina Kolchina * 1970 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova & Alevtina Olyunina

4 x 5 km	1974 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova * 1978 Finland - Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo * 1982 Norway - Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen * 1985 Soviet Union - Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova * 1987 Soviet Union - Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova * 1989 Finland - Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen * 1991 Soviet Union - Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe * 1993 Russia - Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova * 1995 Russia - Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk * 1997 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe * 1999 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2001 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2003 Germany - Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher * 2005 Norway - Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen * 2007 Finland - Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen