Bernhard Gruber
CountryAustria
Born (1982-08-12) 12 August 1982
Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski clubSC Bischofshofen-Salzburg
World Cup career
Seasons2003–2021
Starts243
Podiums27
Wins7

Bernhard Gruber (born 12 August 1982) is an Austrian former nordic combined skier who has competed between 2003 and 2021.

Career

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he won a gold in the 4 x 5 km team and a bronze in the 10 km individual large hill events.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Gruber finished fifth in the 4 x 5 km team, 11th in both the 10 km individual large hill and individual normal hill events, and 22nd in the 10 km mass start event.

He has seven World Cup victories in his career. His first wins came in 2008. One of these wins that year was in the 15 km individual event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in Oslo.

He retired in 2021 after his second heart surgery.[1]

Record

Olympic Games

  • 4 medals – (1 gold, 3 bronze)
Year Individual NH Individual LH Team LH
2010 Bronze Gold
2014 5 Bronze
2018 20 21 Bronze

World Championship

  • 9 medals – (3 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)
Year Individual NH Individual LH Team NH Team LH Mass start NH Team sprint LH
20091111522
2011GoldGold
201313Silver5Silver
201510Gold57
201779Bronze4
2019Silver10BronzeBronze

References

  1. Holzmann, Alexander (25 March 2021). "Ich würde schon noch gern voll andrücken". meinbezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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