Fabian Rießle

Fabian Rießle
Born (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990
Freiburg im Breisgau
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski club SZ Breitnau
World Cup career
Seasons 2009–
Individual wins 3
Indiv. podiums 19
Updated on 6 March 2016.

Fabian Rießle (born 18 December 1990) is a German Nordic combined skier.[1]

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he won the bronze medal in the individual large hill/10 km competition. He became 9th in the ski jumping and started 56 seconds behind the leader, teammate Eric Frenzel. Rießle joined the leading group by mid-distance, and at the finish line became third.[2] Six days earlier, in the individual normal hill/10 km event he finished 8th. On 20 March 2014, Rießle together with Björn Kircheisen, Johannes Rydzek, and Eric Frenzel won the silver medal in the team event.

References

  1. ↑ Fabian Rießle at the International Ski Federation
  2. ↑ "Individual Gundersen LH / 10 km, Cross-Country". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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