Axel Teichmann

Axel Teichmann (born 14 July 1979) is a German cross-country skiing coach and former skier.

Background Teichmann started cross-country skiing at the age of ten. He completed his secondary education at Bad Lobenstein and, from 1993, at Oberhof. Since graduation in 1998, he has been aided in his sporting career by the German armed forces as a military athlete. In addition to professional sport, Teichmann studies electrical engineering at FernUniversität Hagen.

Career Teichmann competed at the 2002, the 2010, and the 2014 Winter Olympics. He was sick for a large part of the 2005–06 season and failed to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Due to the Germans selection criteria of either an Olympic medal or a top 10 finish in the World Cup, Teichmann, who won the overall World Cup in 2004–05, was left out of the German A-team for the 2006–07 season. Teichmann was still able to compete, only he received less financing and did not train with the other elite members.

In June 2006 Teichmann had leg surgery for an injury he had, but he was given a modified wheelchair while he recovered. The wheelchair was made with rollerskis, so that he could still train.

He won silver with Tim Tscharnke in the Team Sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

After the 50 km freestyle race at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he announced his immediate retirement from the sport.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 2 medals – (2 silver) Year Age 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2002 22 14 38 19 — — 2010 30 44 — Silver — 6 Silver 2014 34 8 22 39 — 9 —

World Championships 8 medals – (2 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 1999 19 34 — — 4 2001 21 14 14 — — — — 2003 23 Gold 5 — — — Silver 2005 25 7 30 — — Silver Silver 2007 27 4 Gold — — 4 4 2009 29 38 30 — — Silver Silver 2011 31 13 — — — Bronze — 2013 33 9 — — 23 7 9

World Cup Season titles 2 titles – (1 overall, 1 distance) SeasonDiscipline2005 Overall Distance

Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1999 19 77 67 2000 20 57 61 29 2001 21 24 23 2002 22 44 67 2003 23 4 24 2004 24 5 4 22 2005 25 36 2006 26 24 15 2007 27 18 10 37 2008 28 8 8 29 13 — 2009 29 6 6 49 59 2010 30 7 10 36 7 2011 31 49 30 — 2012 32 51 31 85 42 39 — 2013 33 61 45 94 48 — 2014 34 84 50 —

Individual podiums 13 victories – (8 , 5 ) 30 podiums – (20 , 10 )

Team podiums 8 victories – (6 , 2 ) 19 podiums – (13 , 6 )