Mario Stecher

Mario Stecher

Stecher in 2014.
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
2006 Turin 4 x 5 km team
2010 Vancouver 4 x 5 km team
2002 Salt Lake City 4 x 5 km team
2014 Sochi 4 x 5 km team
World Championships
2011 Oslo 4 x 5 km team normal hill
2011 Oslo 4 x 5 km team large hill
1999 Ramsau 7.5 km sprint
2001 Lahti 4 x 5 km team
2013 Val di Flemme 10 km normal hill
1997 Trondheim 4 x 5 km team

Mario Stecher (born 17 July 1977, in Eisenerz) is an Austrian Nordic combined skier who has competed since 1994. Competing in five Winter Olympics, he won three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with two golds (2006, 2010) and a bronze (2002). Stecher'ss best individual finish was fifth in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver in 2010.

He won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold, three silvers (7.5 km sprint: 1999, 4 x 5 km team: 2001) and a bronze (4 x 5 km team: 1997).

Stecher has a total of nine World Cup victories since 1994, including the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival that same year.

Olympic Games
Preceded by
Andreas Linger and
Wolfgang Linger
Flagbearer for  Austria
Sochi 2014
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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