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Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Sachenbacher-Stehle at Stockholm in 2007
Born (1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 (age 43)
Traunstein, West Germany
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Ski clubWSV Reit im Winkl
World Cup career
Seasons1999–2011
Podiums12
Wins3
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Germany
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 3 0
World Championships 1 4 1
Junior World Championships 1 0 2
Total 4 7 3
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2010 Vancouver 4 × 5 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2003 Val di Fiemme 2 x 5 km pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sapporo Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sapporo 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Liberec 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Ramsau 4 × 5 km relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Štrbské Pleso 15 km mass start
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Saalfelden 15 km mass start
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Štrbské Pleso 5 km individual

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (German pronunciation: [ˈeːfi ˈzaxənbaxɐˈʃteːlə]; born 27 November 1980) is a retired German cross-country skier and biathlete from Reit im Winkl who has competed since 1998. She was born in Traunstein, West Germany. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won five medals with two golds (Team sprint: 2010, 4 × 5 km: 2002) and three silvers (Individual sprint: 2002, 4 × 5 km: 2006, 2010).

Sachenbacher-Stehle has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (4 × 5 km: 2003) and four silvers (5 km + 5 km double pursuit: 2003, team sprint: 2007 with Claudia Künzel-Nystad, 4 × 5 km: 2009) and a bronze. She also has fourteen individual victories at various levels in distances up to 5 km in her career from 1998 to 2006.

From the 2012/2013 season, she switched to biathlon, citing motivational problems, and was given a slot in the German B-team. Members of the B-team are eligible to compete in IBU Cup races.[1] Her results in the IBU-Cup made her eligible to compete in the Biathlon World Cup. In her first World Cup race, on 14 December 2012 in Pokljuka, Sachenbacher-Stehle finished 59th.[2] On 6 January 2013 she achieved the first IBU Cup podium, finishing second in the 7.5 km sprint in Otepää.[3] As of January 2014, her best individual performance in a World Cup race remains 6th place in 7.5 km sprint in Sochi on 10 March 2013. She finished 4th in the 12.5 kilometre mass start biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games on 17 February 2014.

On 21 February 2014, it was confirmed that Sachenbacher-Stehle had tested positive for methylhexanamine during the Sochi Olympic Games.[4][5] She was stripped of her Olympic accreditation, and her results were annulled. In July 2014, she was banned for 2 years for doping.[6] In November 2014 it was announced that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had ruled that her ban should be cut to six months after she appealed, on the grounds that her failed test was due to contamination of food supplements.[7] However shortly afterwards she announced her retirement from the sport in an interview on the television programme Sportschau.[8]

She married German alpine skier Johannes Stehle in July 2005.

World Cup results

Individual podiums

  • 3 victories
  • 12 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2001–02 27 December 2001 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 1st
2 2002–03 23 November 2002 Sweden Kiruna, Sweden 5 km F Individual World Cup 1st
3 12 February 2003 Germany Reit im Winkl, Germany 1 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
4 22 March 2003 Sweden Falun, Sweden 2x5 km M Pursuit World Cup 2nd
5 2003–04 29 November 2003 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 2x7.5 km M Pursuit World Cup 3rd
6 24 February 2004 Norway Trondheim, Norway 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
7 2005–06 15 December 2005 Canada Canmorel, Canada 10 km F Individual World Cup 3rd
8 8 March 2006 Sweden Falun, Sweden 2x5 km M Pursuit World Cup 1st
9 11 March 2006 Norway Oslo, Norway 30 km F Mass Start World Cup 3rd
10 19 March 2006 Japan Sapporo, Japan 2x7.5 km M Pursuit World Cup 3rd
11 2007–08 1 March 2008 Finland Lahti, Finland 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd
12 2009–10 1 March 2008 Russia Rybinsk, Russia 15 km M Pursuit World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

  • 7 victories
  • 24 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2001–02 10 March 2002 Sweden Falun, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 3rd (with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
2 2002–03 24 November 2002 Sweden Kiruna, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
3 8 December 2002  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 3rd (with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
4 19 January 2003 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 1st (with Bauer / Henkel / Künzel-Nystad)
5 19 January 2003 Italy Asiago, Italy 6x1.4 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st (with Künzel-Nystad)
6 23 March 2003 Sweden Falun, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 1st (with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
7 2003–04 23 November 2003 Norway Beitostølen, Norway Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Henkel / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad)
8 7 December 2003 Italy Dobbiaco, Italy 6x0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd (with Künzel-Nystad)
9 14 December 2003  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Böhler / Henkel / Künzel-Nystad)
10 11 January 2004 Estonia Otepää, Estonia Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
11 15 February 2004 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 6x0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd (with Künzel-Nystad)
12 2004–05 24 November 2004 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 6x0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd (with Henkel)
13 21 November 2004 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 3rd (with Böhler / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel-Nystad)
14 12 December 2004 Italy Lago di Tesero, Italy Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Henkel / Künzel-Nystad / Böhler)
15 2005–06 20 November 2005 Norway Beitostølen, Norway Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Henkel / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad)
16 15 February 2004 Japan Sapporo, Japan 6x0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st (with Künzel-Nystad)
17 2006–07 19 November 2006 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Henkel / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad)
18 17 December 2006 France La Clusaz, France Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 1st (with Böhler / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
19 25 March 2007 Sweden Falun, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 1st (with Bauer / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad)
20 2007–08 25 November 2007 Norway Beitostølen, Norway Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad)
21 9 December 2007  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Henkel, Zeller, Böhler)
22 24 February 2008 Sweden Falun, Sweden Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad)
23 2009–10 1 March 2008 Russia Rybinsk, Russia 6x0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st (with Böhler)
24 7 March 2010 Finland Lahti, Finland Relay 4x5 km M World Cup 2nd (with Fessel / Zeller / Gössner)

Olympic results

Cross Country Skiing

  Year    Age   10 km 
 individual 		  2x5 km 
 pursuit 		  15 km 
 pursuit 		  15 km 
 mass start 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4x5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
2002 21 – 18 — 12 – 2 1 —
2006 25 20 — – — 13 – 2 5
2010 29 12 — 11 — 4 – 2 –

Controversy

Sachenbacher received a five-day suspension at the beginning of the 2006 Winter Olympics due to a high hemoglobin level.[9] 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.

Biathlon

  Year    Age   Individual   Sprint   Pursuit   Mass Start   Relay   Mixed 
 Relay 
2014 33 20 11 27 DSQ – DSQ

Sachenbacher-Stehle was later disqulified after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

World Championship results

  Year    Age   5 km 
 individual 		  10 km 
 individual 		  2x5 km 
 pursuit 		  15 km 
 pursuit 		  15 km 
 mass start 		  30 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4x5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
1999 18 23 — 25 — – – — – —
2001 20 — – – — 31 — – – —
2003 22 — – 2 — – 6 5 1 —
2005 24 — 17 — – — – – 4 –
2007 26 — 6 — 4 — – – 2 2
2009 28 — – — 13 — DNS – 2 7
2011 30 — – — 13 — 13 – 5 –

References

  1. ^ "Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle gets a spot in biathlon B-Team". International Ski Federation. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Ernüchternde Sachenbacher-Premiere" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Iourieva Celebrates Second Win". International Biathlon Union. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Biathletin Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle positiv getestet". Focus.de. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Sochi 2014: German athlete fails A sample drugs test". BBC Sport. 21 February 2014.
  6. ^ "German Olympic champion Evi Sachenbacher banned for doping". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  7. ^ Elser, Christopher (14 November 2014). "German Olympic Skier's Doping Ban Reduced by Sports Appeal Court". businessweek.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Biathlete Sachenbacher-Stehle announces retirement following doping case". dw.de. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Skiers suspended over blood tests". CNN. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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