Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (; born 27 November 1980) is a retired German cross-country skier and biathlete from Reit im Winkl who has competed since 1998. She was born in Traunstein, West Germany. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won five medals with two golds (Team sprint: 2010, 4 × 5 km relay: 2002) and three silvers (Individual sprint: 2002, 4 × 5 km relay: 2006, 2010).

Sachenbacher-Stehle has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (4 × 5 km relay: 2003) and four silvers (5 km + 5 km double pursuit: 2003, team sprint: 2007 with Claudia Künzel-Nystad, 4 × 5 km relay: 2009) and a bronze. She also has fourteen individual victories at various levels in distances up to 5 km in her career from 1998 to 2006.

She received a five-day suspension at the beginning of the 2006 Winter Olympics due to a high hemoglobin level. She was one of twelve athletes given five-day suspensions for health reasonsthe International Ski Federation decided they could not safely compete due to an abnormally high red blood cell counts.

From the 2012/2013 season, she switched to biathlon, citing motivational problems, and was given a slot in the German B-team. Members of the B-team are eligible to compete in IBU Cup races. Her results in the IBU-Cup made her eligible to compete in the Biathlon World Cup. In her first World Cup race, on 14 December 2012 in Pokljuka, Sachenbacher-Stehle finished 59th. On 6 January 2013 she achieved the first IBU Cup podium, finishing second in the 7.5 km sprint in Otepää. As of January 2014, her best individual performance in a World Cup race remains sixth place in 7.5 km sprint in Sochi on 10 March 2013. She finished fourth in the 12.5 kilometre mass start biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games on 17 February 2014.

On 21 February 2014, it was confirmed that Sachenbacher-Stehle had tested positive for methylhexanamine during the Sochi Olympic Games. She was stripped of her Olympic accreditation, and her results were annulled. In July 2014, she was banned for two years for doping. In November 2014 it was announced that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had ruled that her ban should be cut to six months after she appealed, on the grounds that her failed test was due to contamination of food supplements. However shortly afterwards she announced her retirement from the sport in an interview on the television programme Sportschau.

She married German alpine skier Johannes Stehle in July 2005.

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

Olympic Games 5 medals – (2 gold, 3 silver) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 2002 21 — 18 12 — Silver Gold 2006 25 20 — 13 — Silver 5 2010 29 12 11 4 — Silver Gold

World Championships 6 medals – (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 5 km 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km Sprint 4 × 5 km relay Team sprint 1999 18 23 — 25 — Bronze 2001 20 — 31 — — — 2003 22 — — Silver 65 Gold 2005 24 17— — — 4 — 2007 26 6 4 — — Silver Silver 2009 28 — 13 — Silver 7 2011 30 — 13 13 — — 5

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings Season Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinal 1999 19 44 40 51 2000 20 29 48 54 38 2001 21 43 41 2002 22 16 4 2003 23 4 9 2004 24 11 12 13 2005 25 14 13 31 2006 26 4 5 19 2007 27 9 14 18 8 2008 28 10 10 11 8 17 2009 29 17 17 29 8 2010 30 16 13 39 13 2011 31 60 40 — — 2014 34 — — —

Individual podiums 3 victories – (3 ) 12 podiums – (12 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place 1 2001–02 27 December 2001 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 0.7 km Sprint F World Cup 1st 2 2002–03 23 November 2002 Kiruna, Sweden 5 km F Individual World Cup 1st 3 12 February 2003 Reit im Winkl, Germany 1.0 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd 4 22 March 2003 Falun, Sweden 5 km + 5 km C/F Pursuit World Cup 2nd 5 2003–04 29 November 2003 Rukatunturi, Finland 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F Pursuit World Cup 3rd 6 24 February 2004 Trondheim, Norway 1.5 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd 7 2005–06 15 December 2005 Canmore, Canada 10 km F Individual World Cup 3rd 8 8 March 2006 Falun, Sweden 5 km + 5 km C/F Pursuit World Cup 1st 9 11 March 2006 Oslo, Norway 30 km F Mass Start World Cup 3rd 10 19 March 2006 Sapporo, Japan 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F Pursuit World Cup 3rd 11 2007–08 1 March 2008 Lahti, Finland 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 3rd 12 2009–10 1 March 2008 Rybinsk, Russia 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F Pursuit World Cup 2nd

Team podiums 7 victories – (4 , 3 ) 25 podiums – (19 , 6 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s) 1 1998–99 26 February 1999 Ramsau, Austria 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Championships 3rd Bauer / Roth / Wille 2 2001–02 10 March 2002 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Henkel / Bauer / Künzel 3 2002–03 24 November 2002 Kiruna, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Bauer / Künzel 4 8 December 2002 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Henkel / Bauer / Künzel 5 19 January 2003 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Bauer / Henkel / Künzel 6 19 January 2003 Asiago, Italy 6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Künzel 7 23 March 2003 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Henkel / Bauer / Künzel 8 2003–04 23 November 2003 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Böhler / Künzel 9 7 December 2003 Dobbiaco, Italy 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Künzel 10 14 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Henkel / Künzel 11 11 January 2004 Otepää, Estonia 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Bauer / Künzel 12 15 February 2004 Oberstdorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Künzel 13 2004–05 24 November 2004 Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Henkel 14 21 November 2004 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Böhler / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel 15 12 December 2004 Lago di Tesero, Italy 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Künzel / Böhler16 2005–06 20 November 2005 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Böhler / Künzel 17 15 February 2004 Sapporo, Japan 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Künzel-Nystad 18 2006–07 19 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad 19 17 December 2006 La Clusaz, France 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Böhler / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad 20 25 March 2007 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Bauer / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad 21 2007–08 25 November 2007 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad 22 9 December 2007 Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Henkel / Zeller / Böhler 23 24 February 2008 Falun, Sweden 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad 24 2009–10 1 March 2008 Rybinsk, Russia 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Böhler 25 7 March 2010 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Fessel / Zeller / Gössner

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Overall record

a. Classification is made according to FIS classification. b. Includes individual and mass start races. c. Includes pursuit and double pursuit races.

Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from the 1999 World Championships are included in the World Cup overall record.

Biathlon results

Olympic Games EventIndividualSprintPursuitMass startRelayMixed relay 2014 Sochi 20th 11th 27th —