Fabian Rießle

Fabian Rießle (also spelled Riessle, born 18 December 1990) is a German former nordic combined skier.^[1]

Fabian Rießle
Country	Germany
Born	(1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 34) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski club	SZ Breitnau
World Cup career
Seasons	2009–2024
Indiv. starts	209
Indiv. podiums	53
Indiv. wins	9
Team podiums	19
Team wins	7
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH 2014 Sochi Team LH 2018 Pyeongchang Individual LH 2014 Sochi Individual LH World Championships 2015 Falun Team NH 2017 Lahti Team NH 2019 Seefeld Team sprint 2019 Seefeld Team NH 2021 Oberstdorf Team NH 2021 Oberstdorf Team sprint

Career

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.

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang he won the silver medal in the individual large hill/10 km competition. On 22 February 2018, Rießle together with Vinzenz Geiger, Eric Frenzel, and Johannes Rydzek won the gold medal in the team event.

Record

Olympic Games

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team relay
2014	8	Bronze	Silver
2018	7	Silver	Gold

World Championship

Year	Individual LH	Individual NH	Team NH	Team sprint
2013	—	24	6	—
2015	12	9	Gold	—
2017	6	4	Gold	—
2019	7	17	Silver	Gold
2021	5	6	Silver	Bronze

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	NC-Triple
2009/10	60	—
2011/12	14	—
2012/13	25	—
2013/14	18	12
2014/15	4	6
2015/16
2016/17	4	6
2017/18
2018/19	8
2019/20	5	10
2020/21	4	7
2021/22	20	31
2022/23	23	10
2023/24	66	—

Individual victories

No.	Season	Date	Location
1	2015/16	5 December 2015	Lillehammer
2		24 January 2016	Chaux-Neuve
3		21 February 2016	Lahti
4	2016/17	8 January 2017	Lahti
5		22 January 2017	Chaux-Neuve
6	2017/18	17 December 2017	Ramsau
7		14 March 2018	Trondheim
8		17 March 2018	Klingenthal
9		18 March 2018	Klingenthal

References

1. Fabian Riessle at the International Ski and Snowboard 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. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.

External links

• Fabian Rießle at FIS (Nordic combined)
• Fabian Rießle at Olympics.com
• Fabian Rießle at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
• Fabian Rießle at Olympedia