Sandra Ringwald (born September 27, 1990 ) is a former German cross-country skier .
Career Ringwald competed in junior races until 2010. From 2010 to 2014 she mainly took part in the Alpine Cup. She took seven wins and took second place in the overall standings in the 2012/13 season . At the German cross-country skiing championships in Oberhof in 2010 , she won bronze in the relay. She ran her first World Cup race in Düsseldorf in December 2010 , which she finished with 45th place in the sprint. At the German cross-country skiing championships in Hirschau in 2011 , she won silver over 5 km freestyle and gold over 10 km classic. At the German cross-country skiing championships in Oberwiesenthal in 2012 , she won silver in the sprint and team sprint. She finished 51st in the 15 km skiathlon and 38th in the sprint at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme . At the U23 World Championships in Liberec in 2013 , she won silver in the sprint. In February 2014 in Toblach , she achieved 11th place in the sprint, her best individual World Cup result to date. She finished the 2013/14 season in 48th place in the overall World Cup ranking and 20th in the sprint ranking. At the German cross-country skiing championships in 2014 , she won the team sprint together with Stefanie Böhler . In February 2015, she won 33rd place in the skiathlon and 13th place in the sprint at the 2015 Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun . In the 2015/16 season she took 24th place at the Nordic Opening in Ruka and 20th place at the 2016 Tour de Ski . At the World Cup in Planica , she achieved her best individual result to date with fifth place in the sprint and, the next day, she made it onto the podium for the first time in the World Cup together with Hanna Kolb in the team sprint. In March 2016, she reached three top ten placements at the Ski Tour Canada and took 16th place in the overall tour standings. She finished the World Cup season in 17th place in the overall World Cup and tenth place in the Sprint World Cup. At the German Cross-Country Championships in 2016 , she won over 5 km, over 30 km and together with Pia Fink in the team sprint.
After finishing 22nd in the World Cup mini-tour in Lillehammer in the 2016/17 season, Ringwald took second place with the relay in Ulricehamn in January 2017 . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 2017 , she finished 21st in the skiathlon, 14th in the sprint and sixth in the relay. At the end of the season she came in 20th place at the World Cup finals in Québec and reached 23rd place in the overall World Cup and 13th place in the Sprint World Cup. Her best placements at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang were 15th place in the sprint and sixth place in the relay. In March 2018 she was third at the German cross-country skiing championships in Reit im Winkl over 20 km classic and first in the team sprint together with Stefanie Böhler . In the 2018/19 season she finished 18th in the Lillehammer Triple and 21st place in the World Cup final in Québec. In addition, she came under the top ten four times in the World Cup singles and achieved her first podium finish in the World Cup singles in Cogne with second place in the sprint. Her best results at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol were 12th place in the sprint and fourth place in the relay. She finished the World Cup season in 20th place in the overall World Cup and 11th in the Sprint World Cup. At the end of March 2019 she was second in the mass start race over 20 km freestyle and third together with Pia Fink in the team sprint at the German cross-country skiing championships in Reit im Winkl . After the season she ended her career.
Victories in Continental Cup races
No.
date
place
discipline
series
1.
March 11, 2011
Austria Ramsau am Dachstein
Sprint freestyle
Alpine Cup
2.
11-13 March 2011
Austria Ramsau am Dachstein
16.5 km mini tour
Alpine Cup
3.
December 16, 2011
Austria St. Ulrich am Pillersee
Sprint freestyle
Alpine Cup
4th
3rd February 2012
Switzerland Campra
Classic sprint
Alpine Cup
5.
4th February 2012
Switzerland Campra
10 km classic
Alpine Cup
6th
17th March 2013
Italy Toblach
10 km freestyle pursuit
Alpine Cup
7th
February 14, 2014
Switzerland Campra
2.5 km classic
Alpine Cup
Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games Olympic games
2018 Pyeongchang : 6th place relay, 10th place team sprint freestyle, 15th place sprint classic, 26th place 10 km freestyle Nordic World Ski Championships
2013 Val di Fiemme : 38th place sprint classic, 51st place 15 km skiathlon
2015 Falun : 13th place sprint classic, 33rd place 15 km skiathlon
2017 Lahti : 7th place relay, 6th place relay, 7th place team sprint classic, 14th place sprint freestyle, 21st place 15 km skiathlon
2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 4th place relay, 6th place team sprint classic, 12th place sprint freestyle, 27th place 10 km classic
Placements in the World Cup World Cup Statistics 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
sprint
Stage b
total
team
≤ 5 km
≤ 10 km
≤ 15 km
≤ 30 km
> 30 km
sprint
Season
1st place
2nd place
1
1
1
3rd place
1
Top 10
1
1
14th
16
6th
4th
Scoring
6th
17th
1
22nd
63
9
118
13
5
Starts
15th
27
2
2
30th
72
11
159
13
5
Status: end of season 2018/19
a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification
b Entire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale
World Cup overall placements
season
total
distance
sprint
Points
space
Points
space
Points
space
2011/12 4th
104.
-
-
4th
74.
2012/13 43
71.
11
73.
32
47.
2013/14 123
48.
5
80.
108
20th
2014/15 78
59.
1
85.
77
27.
2015/16 587
17th
221
22nd
248
10.
2016/17 326
23.
113
31.
173
13.
2017/18 292
23.
77
35.
207
10.
2018/19 376
20th
86
34
244
11.
Web links Individual evidence
↑ Result DM 2018 20 km classic
↑ Result DM 2018 team sprint
↑ Results DM 2019 20 km freestyle
↑ Results DM 2019 team sprint
↑ Steffi Böhler, Sandra Ringwald and Elisabeth Schicho end their cross-country skiing careers
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Germany
Ramsau am Dachstein
Campra
Toblach
