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–
Starts182
Podiums53
Wins9
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangTeam LH
Silver medal – second place2014 SochiTeam LH
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangIndividual LH
Bronze medal – third place2014 SochiIndividual LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 FalunTeam NH
Gold medal – first place2017 LahtiTeam NH
Gold medal – first place2019 SeefeldTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2019 SeefeldTeam NH
Silver medal – second place2021 OberstdorfTeam NH
Bronze medal – third place2021 OberstdorfTeam sprint

Fabian Rießle (also spelled Riessle, born 18 December 1990) is a German 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—246—
2015129Gold—
201764Gold—
2019717SilverGold
202156SilverBronze

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

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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