- Michael Gruber (skier)
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Medal record Men's nordic combined Olympic Games Gold 2006 Turin 4 x 5 km team Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 4 x 5 km team World Championships Gold 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 x 5 km team Bronze 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 5 km team Michael Gruber (born December 5, 1979 in Schwarzach im Pongau) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2008. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Gruber won two 4 x 5 km team event medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003 and a bronze in 2005. He has two individual career victories (1998: 7.5 km sprint, 2004: 15 km individual).
He retired after the 2007-08 season.
References
- Database Olympics record
- FIS Newsflash 177 announcement of Gruber's retirement. April 30, 2008.
- Michael Gruber (skier) at the International Ski Federation
- Official site (German)
Olympic champions in men's team nordic combined 3 x 10 km 1988: West Germany (Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Pohl, & Hubert Schwarz) * 1992: Japan (Reiichi Mikata, Takanori Kono, & Kenji Ogiwara) * 1994: Japan (Takanori Kono, Masashi Abe, & Kenji Ogiwara)4 x 5 km 1998: Norway (Halldor Skard, Kenneth Braaten, Bjarte Engen Vik, & Fred Børre Lundberg) * 2002: Finland (Jari Mantila, Hannu Manninen, Jaakko Tallus, & Samppa Lajunen) * 2006: Austria (Michael Gruber, Christoph Bieler, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher) * 2010: Austria (Bernhard Gruber, David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald, & Mario Stecher)Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Austria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
- Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Austria
- Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
- Nordic skiing biography stubs
- Austrian Winter Olympic medalist stubs
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