Markus Hasler

Patrick Hasler
nation	Liechtenstein
birthday	3rd October 1971
place of birth	Eschen ,  Liechtenstein
size	171 cm
Weight	68 kg
Career
job	electrician
discipline	Cross-country skiing
society	Unterländer WSV
status	resigned
End of career	2009
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup February 29, 1992  Overall World Cup 23. ( 1995/96 )  Sprint World Cup 19. ( 1996/97 , 2001/02 )  Distance World Cup 33rd ( 2003/04 )  Tour de Ski 31. ( 1996/97 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Sprint races 0 0 1
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the Continental Cup 5th December 1992  Continental Cup victories 1 ( details )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  COC individual race 1 0 0

Markus Hasler (born October 3, 1971 in Eschen ) is a former Liechtenstein cross-country skier who started for the Lower Country WSV.

Career

Markus Hasler has been on cross-country skis since 1979. In 1992 he made his debut in the Cross-Country World Cup and took part in his first Olympic Games . His best career result was a third place in the 2001 Sprint World Cup in Cogne, Italy . In a fall in the World Cup pursuit race in Sapporo in 2007, the Liechtensteiner sustained a serious shoulder injury. Only in the following season could Hasler slowly find his way back to his old performance and started in ski marathons and the World Cup in Falun .

In 1996 and 2003 he was elected Sportsman of the Year in Liechtenstein .

Personal

Markus Hasler is the son of the former cyclist Ewald Hasler . After his death, Markus Hasler took over his electronics business.

successes

winter Olympics

2006 in Turin (ITA):

11th place pursuit

2002 Salt Lake City (USA):

12th place sprint

1998 in Nagano (JPN):

20th place 10 km

World championships

2003 in Val di Fiemme (ITA):

4th place pursuit, 7th place 50 km

2001 in Lahti (FIN):

6th place pursuit

World cup

3rd place sprint in Cogne 2001

A total of twelve top ten results

Victories in Continental Cup races

No.	date	place	discipline	series
1.	November 16, 1996	Kittila	10 km classic	Continental Cup

Others

3rd place Engadin Ski Marathon 2005

Web links

• Markus Hasler in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Markus Hasler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official homepage of Markus Hasler ( Memento from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Portrait on xc-ski.de ( Memento from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )