Klaus Sulzenbacher
nation
Austria Austria
birthday
February 3, 1965
place of birth
Kitzbuhel, Austria
job
Physiotherapist
Career
status
resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals
0 ×
1 ×
3 ×
World Cup medals
1 ×
1 ×
0 ×
National medals
6 ×
1 ×
0 ×
Placements in the World Cup
Debut in the World Cup
17th December 1983
World Cup victories (individual)
14 ( details )
Overall World Cup
1. (1987/88, 1989/90)
Podium placements
1.
2.
3.
singles
14th
5
12
last change: January 11, 2013
Klaus Sulzenbacher (born February 3, 1965 in Kitzbühel , Tyrol ) is a former Austrian Nordic combined athlete . In his career he won precious metals six times at the Olympic Games and World Championships . He also secured the overall World Cup twice .
Career
Klaus Sulzenbacher was one of the most successful Nordic combiners in Austria and is considered the "father" of Mario Stecher and Felix Gottwald's successes . He won 14 World Cups and triumphed in the overall World Cup in 1987/88 and 1989/90 . In addition, he was second in the overall World Cup three times.
Klaus Sulzenbacher took part in the Winter Olympics three times ( 1984 , 1988 and 1992 ). He won the individual silver medal in Calgary in 1988 and the bronze medal in the relay (with Hansjörg Aschenwald and Günter Csar ). Four years later he won bronze medals in singles and relay (with Klaus Ofner and Stefan Kreiner ) in Albertville . He also won gold in the team (with Günter Csar and Klaus Ofner) and silver in the individual at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1991 in Val di Fiemme .
Greatest successes
Olympic games
World championships
World cup
Awards (excerpt)
Web links
1982: Dotzauer , Schmieder , Winkler | 1984: Andersen , Bøgseth , Sandberg | 1985: Müller , Schwarz , Weinbuch | 1987: Weinbuch , Pohl , Müller | 1989: T. E. Elden , Bredesen , B. J. Elden | 1991: Csar , Ofner , Sulzenbacher | 1993: Kōno , Abe , K. Ogiwara | 1995: Abe , T. Ogiwara , K. Ogiwara , Kōno | 1997: Skard , Vik , Apeland , Lundberg | 1999: Manninen , Nurmela , Mantila , Lajunen | 2001: Braaten , Rotevatn , Vik , Hammer | 2003: M. Gruber , Denifl , Bieler , Gottwald | 2005: Tande , Klementsen , Moan , Hammer | 2007: Koivuranta , Ryynänen , Tallus , Manninen | 2009: Minato , Katō , Watabe , Kobayashi | 2011 large hill: Kreiner , B. Gruber , Gottwald , Stecher ;
Normal hill: Kreiner , B. Gruber , Gottwald , Stecher | 2013: Braud , Laheurte , Lacroix , Lamy Chappuis | 2015: Edelmann , Frenzel , Rießle , Rydzek | 2017: Kircheisen , Frenzel , Rießle , Rydzek | 2019: Bjørnstad , Schmid , Graabak , Riiber
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