Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Sachenbacher-Stehle in Stockholm, 2007
Country Germany
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
Seasons14 – (1999–2011, 2014)
Starts228
Podiums12
Wins3
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2003, 2006)
Discipline titles0
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
Total 3 7 1
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 Individual 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 10 km double 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 classical
Silver medal – second place 1999 Saalfelden 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Saalfelden 15 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Štrbské Pleso 5 km freestyle

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 relay: 2002) and three silvers (Individual sprint: 2002, 4 × 5 km relay: 2006, 2010).[1]

Sachenbacher-Stehle has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (4 × 5 km relay: 2003) and four silvers (5 km + 5 km double pursuit: 2003, team sprint: 2007 with Claudia Künzel-Nystad, 4 × 5 km relay: 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.

She received a five-day suspension at the beginning of the 2006 Winter Olympics due to a high hemoglobin level.[2] 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.

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.[3] 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.[4] On 6 January 2013 she achieved the first IBU Cup podium, finishing second in the 7.5 km sprint in Otepää.[5] As of January 2014, her best individual performance in a World Cup race remains sixth place in 7.5 km sprint in Sochi on 10 March 2013. She finished fourth 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.[6][7] She was stripped of her Olympic accreditation, and her results were annulled. In July 2014, she was banned for two years for doping.[8] 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.[9] However shortly afterwards she announced her retirement from the sport in an interview on the television programme Sportschau.[10]

She married German alpine skier Johannes Stehle in July 2005.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[11]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2002 21 — 18 12 — Silver Gold —
2006 25 20 — — 13 — Silver 5
2010 29 12 — 11 4 — Silver Gold

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
1999 18 23 — — 25 — — Bronze —
2001 20 — — 31 — CNX[a] — — —
2003 22 — — — Silver 6 5 Gold —
2005 24 — 17 — — — — 4 —
2007 26 — 6 — 4 — — Silver Silver
2009 28 — — — 13 DNS — Silver 7
2011 30 — — — 13 13 — — 5
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening 		Tour de
Ski 		World Cup
Final
1999 19 44 — 40 — 51 — — —
2000 20 29 — 48 54 38 — — —
2001 21 43 — — — 41 — — —
2002 22 16 — — — 4 — — —
2003 23 4 — — — 9 — — —
2004 24 11 12 — — 13 — — —
2005 25 14 13 — — 31 — — —
2006 26 4 5 — — 19 — — —
2007 27 9 14 — — 18 — 8 —
2008 28 10 10 — — 11 — 8 17
2009 29 17 17 — — 29 — DNF 8
2010 30 16 13 — — 39 — DNF 13
2011 31 60 40 — — NC DNF — —
2014 34 NC NC — — — — DNF —

Individual podiums

No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2001–02 27 December 2001 Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 0.7 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 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
4 22 March 2003 Sweden Falun, Sweden 5 km + 5 km C/F Pursuit World Cup 2nd
5 2003–04 29 November 2003 Finland Rukatunturi, Finland 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F 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 Canmore, Canada 10 km F Individual World Cup 3rd
8 8 March 2006 Sweden Falun, Sweden 5 km + 5 km C/F 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 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F 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 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F Pursuit World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 1998–99 26 February 1999 Austria Ramsau, Austria 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships[1] 3rd Bauer / Roth / Wille
2 2001–02 10 March 2002 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Henkel / Bauer / Künzel
3 2002–03 24 November 2002 Sweden Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Bauer / Künzel
4 8 December 2002  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Henkel / Bauer / Künzel
5 19 January 2003 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Bauer / Henkel / Künzel
6 19 January 2003 Italy Asiago, Italy 6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Künzel
7 23 March 2003 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Henkel / Bauer / Künzel
8 2003–04 23 November 2003 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Böhler / Künzel
9 7 December 2003 Italy Dobbiaco, Italy 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Künzel
10 14 December 2003  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Henkel / Künzel
11 11 January 2004 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Bauer / Künzel
12 15 February 2004 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Künzel
13 2004–05 24 November 2004 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Henkel
14 21 November 2004 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd  Böhler / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel 
15 12 December 2004 Italy Lago di Tesero, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Künzel / Böhler
16  2005–06  20 November 2005 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Böhler / Künzel
17 15 February 2004 Japan Sapporo, Japan 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Künzel-Nystad
18 2006–07 19 November 2006 Sweden Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad
19 17 December 2006 France La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Böhler / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad
20 25 March 2007 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Bauer / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad
21 2007–08 25 November 2007 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad
22 9 December 2007  Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Zeller / Böhler
23 24 February 2008 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad
24 2009–10 1 March 2008 Russia Rybinsk, Russia 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Böhler
25 7 March 2010 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Fessel / Zeller / Gössner

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Overall record

Result Distance Races[a] Sprint Ski
Tours 		Individual
Events 		   Team Events[12] All Events
≤ 5 km[b] ≤ 10 km[b] ≤ 15 km[b] ≤ 30 km[b] ≥ 30 km[b] Pursuit[c] Team Sprint Relay
1st place 1 – – – – 1 1 – 3 3 4 10
2nd place – – – – – 2 2 – 4 3 10 17
3rd place – 1 – 1 – 2 1 – 5 – 5 10
Podiums 1 1 – 1 – 5 4 – 12 6 19 37
Top 10 4 22 7 9 – 17 19 3 81 12 28 121
Points 13 61 17 11 – 27 63 4 196 14 29 239
Others 5 8 1 1 – 2 14 – 31 – – 31
DNF – – 1 – – – – 4 5 – – 5
Starts 18 69 19 12 – 29 77 8 232 14 29 275
a. 1 Classification is made according to FIS classification.
b. 1 2 3 4 5 Includes individual and mass start races.
c. 1 Includes pursuit and double pursuit races.

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from the 1999 World Championships are included in the World Cup overall record.

Biathlon results

Olympic Games

Event Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
Russia 2014 Sochi 20th 11th 27th DSQ — DSQ

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Skiers suspended over blood tests". CNN. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle gets a spot in biathlon B-Team". International Ski Federation. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Ernüchternde Sachenbacher-Premiere" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Iourieva Celebrates Second Win". International Biathlon Union. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Biathletin Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle positiv getestet". Focus.de. 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Sochi 2014: German athlete fails A sample drugs test". BBC Sport. 21 February 2014.
  8. ^ "German Olympic champion Evi Sachenbacher banned for doping". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  9. ^ Elser, Christopher (14 November 2014). "German Olympic Skier's Doping Ban Reduced by Sports Appeal Court". businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Biathlete Sachenbacher-Stehle announces retirement following doping case". dw.de. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle". skisport365.com. Ski Sport 365. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

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