Mario Stecher

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Mario Stecher
Medal record

Men's nordic combined
Competitor for Austria
Olympic Games
Gold	2006 Turin	4 x 5 km team
Gold	2010 Vancouver	4 x 5 km team
Bronze	2002 Salt Lake City	4 x 5 km team
World Championships
Gold	2011 Oslo	4 x 5 km team normal hill
Gold	2011 Oslo	4 x 5 km team large hill
Silver	1999 Ramsau	7.5 km sprint
Silver	2001 Lahti	4 x 5 km team
Silver	2013 Val di Flemme	10 km normal hill
Bronze	1997 Trondheim	4 x 5 km team

Mario Stecher (born July 17, 1977, in Eisenerz) is an Austrian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 1994. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with two golds (2006, 2010) and a bronze (2002). Stecher'ss best individual finish was fifth in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver in 2010.

He won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold, three silvers (7.5 km sprint: 1999, 4 x 5 km team: 2001) and a bronze (4 x 5 km team: 1997).

Stecher has a total of nine World Cup victories since 1994, including the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival that same year.

References

Mario Stecher at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
Official website (English) & (German)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger	Flagbearer for Austria Sochi 2014	Succeeded by Incumbent

v t e Olympic champions in men's team nordic combined

3 x 10 km	1988: West Germany Thomas Müller Hans-Peter Pohl & Hubert Schwarz 1992: Japan Reiichi Mikata Takanori Kono Kenji Ogiwara 1994: Japan Takanori Kono Masashi Abe Kenji Ogiwara

4 x 5 km	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

v t e World champions in men's team nordic combined

3 × 10 km	1982: East Germany Uwe Dotzauer Günther Schmieder Konrad Winkler 1984: Norway Tom Sandberg Hallstein Bøgseth Geir Andersen 1985: West Germany Thomas Müller Hubert Schwarz Hermann Weinbuch 1987: West Germany Hermann Weinbuch Hans-Peter Pohl Thomas Müller 1989: Norway Trond Einar Elden Trond-Arne Bredesen Bård Jørgen Elden 1991: Austria Günther Csar Klaus Ofner Klaus Sulzenbacher 1993: Japan Takanori Kono Masashi Abe Kenji Ogiwara

4 × 5 km	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 Yūsuke Minato Taihei Kato Akito Watabe Norihito Kobayashi 2011 (normal hill): Austria David Kreiner Bernhard Gruber Felix Gottwald Mario Stecher 2013 (normal hill): France François Braud Maxime Laheurte Sébastien Lacroix Jason Lamy-Chappuis

Persondata
Name	Stecher, Mario
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian Nordic combined skier
Date of birth	July 17, 1977
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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