Michael Gruber (skier)
Michael Gruber (born December 5, 1979 in Schwarzach im Pongau) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2008. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Gruber won two 4 x 5 km team event medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003 and a bronze in 2005. He has two individual career victories (1998: 7.5 km sprint, 2004: 15 km individual).
He retired after the 2007-08 season.
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1998: Norway ( Halldor Skard, Kenneth Braaten, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Fred Børre Lundberg) * 2002: Finland ( Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, & Samppa Lajunen) * 2006: Austria (Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher) * 2010: Austria ( Bernhard Gruber, David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher)
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1995: Japan ( Masashi Abe, Tsugiharu Ogiwara, Kenji Ogiwara & Takanori Kono) * 1997: Norway ( Halldor Skard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Knut Tore Apeland & Fred Børre Lundberg) * 1999: Finland ( Hannu Manninen, Tapio Nurmela, Jari Mantila & Samppa Lajunen) * 2001: Norway ( Kenneth Braaten, Sverre Rotevatn, Bjarte Engen Vik & Kristian Hammer) * 2003: Austria (Michael Gruber, Wilhelm Denifl, Christoph Bieler & Felix Gottwald) * 2005: Norway ( Petter Tande, Håvard Klemetsen, Magnus Moan & Kristian Hammer) * 2007: Finland ( Anssi Koivuranta, Janne Ryynänen, Jaakko Tallus & Hannu Manninen) * 2009: Japan ( Yusuke Minato, Taihei Kato, Akito Watabe & Norihito Kobayashi) * 2011 (normal hill): Austria ( David Kreiner, Bernhard Gruber, Felix Gottwald & Mario Stecher) * 2011 (large hill): Austria ( David Kreiner, Bernhard Gruber, Felix Gottwald & Mario Stecher)
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