Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (born November 27, 1980, in Traunstein) is a German cross country skier from Reit im Winkl who has competed since 1998. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt 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 the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

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 with Claudia Künzel-Nystad in 2007. She also has fourteen individual victories at various levels in distances up to 5 km in her career from 1998 to 2006.

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 high hemoglobin 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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