Bernhard Gruber

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Competitor for Austria
Winter Olympics
Gold	2010 Vancouver	4 x 5 km team
Bronze	2010 Vancouver	10 km individual large hill
World Championships
Gold	2011 Oslo	4 x 5 km team normal hill
Gold	2011 Oslo	4 x 5 km team large hill

Bernhard Gruber (born 12 August 1982) is an Austrian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 2000. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won a gold in the 4 x 5 km team and a bronze in the 10 km individual large hill events.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Gruber finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team, 11th in both the 10 km individual large hill and individual normal hill events, and 22nd in the 10 km mass start event.

He has two World Cup victories in his career both in 2008. One of his wins that year was in the 15 km individual event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in Oslo.

[edit] References

Bernhard Gruber at the International Ski Federation

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 x 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 x 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) * 2011 (large hill): Austria (David Kreiner, Bernhard Gruber, Felix Gottwald & Mario Stecher)