Claudia Nystad

Medal record
Nystad in 2010.
Women's cross country skiing
Competitor for Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	4 × 5 km
Gold	2010 Vancouver	Team sprint
Silver	2006 Turin	Individual sprint
Silver	2006 Turin	4 × 5 km
Silver	2010 Vancouver	4 x 5 km relay
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
Silver	2009 Liberec	4 x 5 km

Claudia Nystad (née Künzel, 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.

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.
2009 World Championships in Liberec: Silver in 4 x 5 km relay.
2010 Olympics in Vancouver: Gold in Team sprint. Silver in relay.

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]

References and external links

^ FIS Newsflash 135. July 11, 2007.

Official website (German)
Claudia Kuenzel-Nystad at the International Ski Federation

Olympic champions in women's team sprint cross-country

2006: Sweden (Lina Andersson & Anna Dahlberg) * 2010: Germany (Claudia Nystad & Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle)

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-Masalkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova) * 2010: Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen)

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) · 2009: Finland (Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) · 2011: Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen) ·

Persondata
Name	Nystad, Claudia
Alternative names
Short description	Cross-country skier
Date of birth	February 1, 1978
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