- Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (born
November 27 ,1980 , inTraunstein ) is a Germancross country skier fromReit im Winkl who has competed since1998 . At the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City , she won a gold in the 4×5 km and a silver in the Individual sprint. She also won a silver in the 4×5 km at the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin .Sachenbacher-Stehle has also won three medals at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships : a gold in the 4×5 km and a silver in the pursuit in 2003 and another silver medal in the team sprint withClaudia Künzel-Nystad in 2007. She also has fourteen individual victories at various levels in distances up to 5 km in her career from1998 to2006 .She married German alpine skier Johannes Stehle in July 2005.
Controversy
Sachenbacher received a five-day suspension at the beginning of the
2006 Winter Olympics due to a highhemoglobin rate. She was one of twelve athletes given five-day suspensions for health reasonsndash the International Ski Federation decided they could not safely compete due to an abnormally high red blood cell counts.References
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021100552.html "Court refuses to lift Sachenbacher-Stehle's suspension"] , "The Washington Post",
February 11 ,2006 .
*McCauley, Janie. [http://www.skiracing.com/news/news_display.php/3380/NORDIC "2002 champ loses appeal of high hemoglobin suspension"] , "Ski Racing", February 11, 2006.
* [http://xc.exel.net/portal/english/team_exel/?memberId=27 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle profile]
* [http://www.evi-sachenbacher.de Official website] de icon
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