Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Sachenbacher-Stehle at Stockholm in 2007
Born	27 November 1980 Traunstein, West Germany
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Ski club	WSV Reit im Winkl
World Cup career
Seasons	1999–2011
Individual wins	3
Indiv. podiums	12
Medal record Women's cross-country skiing Representing  Germany International nordic ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 3 0 World Championships 1 4 1 Junior World Championships 1 0 2 Total 4 7 3 Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 5 km relay 2010 Vancouver Team sprint 2002 Salt Lake City Sprint 2006 Turin 4 × 5 km relay 2010 Vancouver 4 × 5 km relay World Championships 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 × 5 km relay 2003 Val di Fiemme 2 x 5 km pursuit 2007 Sapporo Team sprint 2007 Sapporo 4 × 5 km relay 2009 Liberec 4 × 5 km relay 1999 Ramsau 4 × 5 km relay Junior World Championships 2000 Štrbské Pleso 15 km mass start 1999 Saalfelden 15 km mass start 2000 Štrbské Pleso 5 km individual

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (German pronunciation: [ˈeːfi ˈzaxənbaxɐˈʃteːlə]; 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: 2002) and three silvers (Individual sprint: 2002, 4 × 5 km: 2006, 2010).

Sachenbacher-Stehle has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (4 × 5 km: 2003) and four silvers (5 km + 5 km double pursuit: 2003, team sprint: 2007 with Claudia Künzel-Nystad, 4 × 5 km: 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.

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.^[1] 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.^[2] On 6 January 2013 she achieved the first IBU Cup podium, finishing second in the 7.5 km sprint in Otepää.^[3] 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.

On 21 February 2014, it was confirmed that Sachenbacher-Stehle had tested positive for methylhexanamine during the Sochi Olympic Games.^[4][5] She was stripped of her Olympic accreditation, and her results were annulled. In July 2014, she was banned for 2 years for doping.^[6] 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.^[7] However shortly afterwards she announced her retirement from the sport in an interview on the television programme Sportschau.^[8]

She married German alpine skier Johannes Stehle in July 2005.

World Cup results

Individual podiums

• 3 victories
• 12 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	2001–02	27 December 2001	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	1.5 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 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
4		22 March 2003	Falun, Sweden	2x5 km M Pursuit	World Cup	2nd
5	2003–04	29 November 2003	Kuusamo, Finland	2x7.5 km M Pursuit	World Cup	3rd
6		24 February 2004	Trondheim, Norway	1.5 km Sprint F	World Cup	2nd
7	2005–06	15 December 2005	Canmorel, Canada	10 km F Individual	World Cup	3rd
8		8 March 2006	Falun, Sweden	2x5 km M Pursuit	World Cup	1st
9		11 March 2006	Oslo, Norway	30 km F Mass Start	World Cup	3rd
10		19 March 2006	Sapporo, Japan	2x7.5 km M 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	15 km M Pursuit	World Cup	2nd

Team podiums

• 7 victories
• 24 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	2001–02	10 March 2002	Falun, Sweden	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	3rd	(with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
2	2002–03	24 November 2002	Kiruna, Sweden	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
3		8 December 2002	Davos, Switzerland	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	3rd	(with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
4		19 January 2003	Nové Město, Czech Republic	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	1st	(with Bauer / Henkel / Künzel-Nystad)
5		19 January 2003	Asiago, Italy	6x1.4 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	(with Künzel-Nystad)
6		23 March 2003	Falun, Sweden	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	1st	(with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
7	2003–04	23 November 2003	Beitostølen, Norway	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Henkel / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad)
8		7 December 2003	Dobbiaco, Italy	6x0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	(with Künzel-Nystad)
9		14 December 2003	Davos, Switzerland	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Böhler / Henkel / Künzel-Nystad)
10		11 January 2004	Otepää, Estonia	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Henkel / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
11		15 February 2004	Oberstdorf, Germany	6x0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	(with Künzel-Nystad)
12	2004–05	24 November 2004	Düsseldorf, Germany	6x0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	2nd	(with Henkel)
13		21 November 2004	Gällivare, Sweden	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	3rd	(with Böhler / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel-Nystad)
14		12 December 2004	Lago di Tesero, Italy	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Henkel / Künzel-Nystad / Böhler)
15	2005–06	20 November 2005	Beitostølen, Norway	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Henkel / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad)
16		15 February 2004	Sapporo, Japan	6x0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	(with Künzel-Nystad)
17	2006–07	19 November 2006	Gällivare, Sweden	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Henkel / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad)
18		17 December 2006	La Clusaz, France	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	1st	(with Böhler / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad)
19		25 March 2007	Falun, Sweden	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	1st	(with Bauer / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad)
20	2007–08	25 November 2007	Beitostølen, Norway	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad)
21		9 December 2007	Davos, Switzerland	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Henkel, Zeller, Böhler)
22		24 February 2008	Falun, Sweden	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad)
23	2009–10	1 March 2008	Rybinsk, Russia	6x0.8 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	1st	(with Böhler)
24		7 March 2010	Lahti, Finland	Relay 4x5 km M	World Cup	2nd	(with Fessel / Zeller / Gössner)

Olympic results

Cross Country Skiing

Year	Age	10 km   individual	2x5 km   pursuit	15 km   pursuit	15 km   mass start	30 km   mass start	Sprint	4x5 km   relay	Team   sprint
2002	21	–	18	N/A	12	–	2	1	N/A
2006	25	20	N/A	–	N/A	13	–	2	5
2010	29	12	N/A	11	N/A	4	–	2	–

Controversy

Sachenbacher received a five-day suspension at the beginning of the 2006 Winter Olympics due to a high hemoglobin level.^[9] She was one of twelve athletes given five-day suspensions for health reasons – the International Ski Federation decided they could not safely compete due to an abnormally high red blood cell counts.

Biathlon

Year	Age	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass Start	Relay	Mixed   Relay
2014	33	20	11	27	DSQ	–	DSQ

Sachenbacher-Stehle was later disqulified after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

World Championship results

Year	Age	5 km   individual	10 km   individual	2x5 km   pursuit	15 km   pursuit	15 km   mass start	30 km   mass start	Sprint	4x5 km   relay	Team   sprint
1999	18	23	N/A	25	N/A	–	–	N/A	–	N/A
2001	20	N/A	–	–	N/A	31	N/A	–	–	N/A
2003	22	N/A	–	2	N/A	–	6	5	1	N/A
2005	24	N/A	17	N/A	–	N/A	–	–	4	–
2007	26	N/A	6	N/A	4	N/A	–	–	2	2
2009	28	N/A	–	N/A	13	N/A	DNS	–	2	7
2011	30	N/A	–	N/A	13	N/A	13	–	5	–

References

1. "Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle gets a spot in biathlon B-Team". International Ski Federation. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
2. "Ernüchternde Sachenbacher-Premiere" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
3. "Iourieva Celebrates Second Win". International Biathlon Union. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
4. "Biathletin Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle positiv getestet". Focus.de. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
5. "Sochi 2014: German athlete fails A sample drugs test". BBC Sport. 21 February 2014.
6. "German Olympic champion Evi Sachenbacher banned for doping". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
7. Elser, Christopher (14 November 2014). "German Olympic Skier's Doping Ban Reduced by Sports Appeal Court". businessweek.com. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
8. "Biathlete Sachenbacher-Stehle announces retirement following doping case". dw.de. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
9. "Skiers suspended over blood tests". CNN. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

• "Court refuses to lift Sachenbacher-Stehle's suspension", The Washington Post, 11 February 2006.
• McCauley, Janie. "2002 champ loses appeal of high hemoglobin suspension", Ski Racing, 11 February 2006.

External links

• Evi Sachenbacher Stehle at the International Ski Federation
• Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle profile
• Official website (German)