Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle

Who is Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle?

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle is a German cross-country skier and biathlete from Reit im Winkl who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won five medals with two golds and three silvers.

Sachenbacher-Stehle has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold and four silvers 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.

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 6th place in 7.5 km sprint in Sochi on 10 March 2013. She finished 4th in the 12.5 kilometre mass start biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games on 17 February 2014.