- Claudia Nystad
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Medal record 
Nystad in 2010.Women's cross country skiing Competitor for 
GermanyOlympic Games Gold 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 5 km Gold 2010 Vancouver Team sprint Silver 2006 Turin Individual sprint Silver 2006 Turin 4 × 5 km Silver 2010 Vancouver 4 x 5 km relay World Championships Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 x 5 km Silver 2003 Val di Fiemme Individual sprint Silver 2007 Sapporo Team sprint Silver 2007 Sapporo 4 x 5 km Silver 2009 Liberec 4 x 5 km Claudia Nystad (née Künzel, born February 1, 1978, in Zschopau) is a German top-level woman cross country skier. She represents the sports club WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal. Besides her civilian sports career, she serves as a sports soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces.
Career achievements
- 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City: Gold in 4×5 km.
- 2003 World Championships in Val di Fiemme: Gold in 4×5 km and silver in individual sprint.
- 2006 Olympics in Turin: Silvers in individual sprint and 4×5 km.
- 2007 World Championships in Sapporo: Silvers in team sprint (with Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle) and in 4×5 km.
- As of February 2007, twenty World Cup podium placements: one victory (the 15 km mass start in Otepää on 10 January 2004, where she finished 0.9 seconds ahead of home favorite Kristina Šmigun); six seconds; and eleven thirds.
- 2009 World Championships in Liberec: Silver in 4 x 5 km relay.
- 2010 Olympics in Vancouver: Gold in Team sprint. Silver in relay.
Personal life
On June 27, 2005, Künzel married her friend Trond Nystad of Norway, ex-coach of the American cross-country ski team.
In the summer of 2007, Künzel donated her gold medal from the 2002 Winter Olympics to benefit the 'Hansel und Gretel' foundation (Hansel and Gretel in German) committed to helping abused children.[1]
References and external links
- ^ FIS Newsflash 135. July 11, 2007.
- Official website (German)
- Claudia Kuenzel-Nystad at the International Ski Federation
Olympic champions in women's team sprint cross-country 2006: Sweden (Lina Andersson & Anna Dahlberg) * 2010: Germany (Claudia Nystad & Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle)
3 x 5 km 1954: Soviet Union (Lyubov Kozyreva, Margarita Maslennikova & Valentina Tsaryova) · 1958: Soviet Union (Radya Yeroshina, Alevtina Kolchina & Lyubov Kozyreva) · 1962: Soviet Union (Lyubov Baranova, Maria Gusakova & Alevtina Kolchina) · 1966: Soviet Union (Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Rita Achkina & Alevtina Kolchina) · 1970: Soviet Union (Nina Baldycheva, Galina Kulakova & Alevtina Olyunina)
4 x 5 km 1974: Soviet Union (Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova) · 1978: Finland (Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo) · 1982: Norway (Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen) · 1985: Soviet Union (Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova) · 1987: Soviet Union (Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna & Anfisa Reztsova) · 1989: Finland (Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen) · 1991: Soviet Union (Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe) · 1993: Russia (Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova) · 1995: Russia (Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk) · 1997: Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe) · 1999: Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk) · 2001: Russia (Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk) · 2003: Germany (Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher) · 2005: Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen) · 2007: Finland (Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen) · 2009: Finland (Pirjo Muranen, Virpi Kuitunen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Aino-Kaisa Saarinen) · 2011: Norway (Vibeke Skofterud, Therese Johaug, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen) ·
Categories:- 1978 births
- Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- German cross-country skiers
- Living people
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
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