Fabian Rießle

Fabian Rießle
CountryGermany
Born (1990-12-18) 18 December 1990
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski clubSZ Breitnau
World Cup career
Seasons2009–2024
Indiv. starts209
Indiv. podiums53
Indiv. wins9
Team podiums19
Team wins7
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Individual LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun Team NH
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Team NH
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2019 Seefeld Team NH
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oberstdorf Team sprint

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

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2016/17 4 6
2017/18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018/19 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 Norway Lillehammer
2 24 January 2016 France Chaux-Neuve
3 21 February 2016 Finland Lahti
4 2016/17 8 January 2017 Finland Lahti
5 22 January 2017 France Chaux-Neuve
6 2017/18 17 December 2017 Austria Ramsau
7 14 March 2018 Norway Trondheim
8 17 March 2018 Germany Klingenthal
9 18 March 2018 Germany 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.
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