Klaus Sulzenbacher

Klaus Sulzenbacher
nation	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 ×
winter Olympics silver Calgary 1988 singles bronze Calgary 1988 Season bronze Albertville 1992 singles bronze Albertville 1992 Season  Nordic World Ski Championships gold Val di Fiemme 1991 team silver Val di Fiemme 1991 singles  Austrian championships silver 1986 Breitenwang singles gold 1987 Saalfelden singles gold 1988 Murau singles gold 1989 St. Aegid singles gold 1990 Kleinwalsertal singles gold 1991? singles gold 1992 Villach singles
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

• 1 × silver: Calgary 1988 (individual)
• 3 × bronze: Calgary 1988 (relay), Albertville 1992 (single, relay)

World championships

• 1 × gold: Val di Fiemme 1991 (relay)
• 1 × silver: Val di Fiemme 1991 (individual)

World cup

• 2 × overall World Cup winners: 1987/88 , 1989/90
• 3 times overall World Cup runner-up: 1988/89 , 1990/91 , 1991/92
• 14 individual World Cup victories

Awards (excerpt)

• 1992: Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria

Web links

• Klaus Sulzenbacher in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Klaus Sulzenbacher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• That became: Klaus Sulzenbacher article in the standard of October 6, 2013