Martin Jäger (cross-country skier)

Martin Hunter
nation	Switzerland
birthday	20th December 1987 (age 32)
place of birth	Walenstadt , Switzerland
job	Border guards
Career
discipline	Cross-country skiing biathlon
society	Gardes Frontieres
Trainer	Jörn Wollschläger
status	active
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Nordic Junior Ski World Championships silver 2010 Hinterzarten Sprint freestyle
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup Debut in the World Cup February 4, 2006 Overall World Cup 69th ( 2011/12 ) Sprint World Cup 31st ( 2011/12 )
Placements in the biathlon world cup Debut in the World Cup 5th December 2015 Overall World Cup 85th ( 2016/17 )
last change: December 28, 2018

Martin Jäger (born December 20, 1987 in Walenstadt ) is a Swiss cross-country skier and biathlete . His favorite discipline in cross-country skiing is the sprint in free technique.

Career

Jäger grew up in Vättis ( Canton St. Gallen ), where he still lives today. After finishing school, he began training as a commercial clerk at the Pfäfers municipal administration . He later graduated from the border guard school in Basel . He ran his first cross-country world cup race in February 2006 in Davos , which he finished in 23rd place in the sprint and was thus able to win his first world cup points. At the Swiss championships in 2008 he won the silver medal in the sprint. In the 2008/09 season he came in the points three times in World Cup sprints. In January 2009 he achieved his first top ten placement in the World Cup with ninth place in the sprint in Rybinsk . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , he finished 35th in the sprint. In the following year he won the silver medal in the sprint at the U23 World Championships in Hinterzarten and achieved his only podium finish in the cross-country alpine cup with third place in the sprint in Campra . In the 2010/11 season he achieved fourth place in the sprint in Rybinsk, his best individual result in the World Cup. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 , he finished 11th in the sprint. In the following season he came into the points five times in the World Cup and at the end of the season he finished 69th in the overall World Cup and 31st in the Sprint World Cup. At the Swiss Championships in 2012 and 2014 , he was champion with the relay. After the 2013/14 season he switched to biathlon. He started in the IBU Cup in the 2014/15 season . His best result was 25th place in the sprint race in Canmore . At the 2015 European Biathlon Championships in Otepää , he finished 46th in the individual. At the beginning of the following season he ran in Östersund for the first time in the biathlon World Cup , which he finished in 75th place in the sprint. In the further course of the season he got his first and so far only World Cup points in Presque Isle with the 40th place in the sprint. At the 2016 Biathlon World Championships in Oslo, he took 48th place in the sprint and 55th place in the subsequent pursuit.

statistics

Cross-country skiing

World Cup placements

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

• 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race b	total	Team c
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10							4th		4th	1
Scoring							17th		17th	5
Starts						1	30th		31	5
As of December 28, 2018

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

^c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

biathlon

World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Relay: including mixed relays

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10
Scoring		2			2	4th
Starts	3	14th	5		2	24
As of December 28, 2018

Web links

Commons : Martin Jäger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Martin Jäger in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Martin Jäger in the IBU database (English)
• Martin Jäger's website