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Michael Greis

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Greis at the World Championships in Antholz-Anterselva.

Personal information
Full nameMichael Greis
Nickname(s)Michi
Born
(1976-08-18) 18 August 1976 (age 42)
Füssen, West Germany
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubSK Nesselwang
World Cup debut28 February 2001
Retired5 December 2012
Olympic Games
Teams
3 (2002, 2006, 2010)
Medals
3 (3 gold)
World Championships
Teams
9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012)
Medals
12 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons
13 (2000/01–2012/13)
Individual victories11
All victories21
Individual podiums34
All podiums64
Overall titles
1 (2006–07)
Discipline titles
4:
3 Individual (2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09);
1 Sprint (2006–07)

Michael Greis (born 18 August 1976) is a former German biathlete.




Contents





  • 1 Career


  • 2 Biathlon results

    • 2.1 Olympic Games


    • 2.2 World Championships


    • 2.3 Individual victories



  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Career[edit]


Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.


Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and was a member of the winning 4 × 7.5 km relay team in the 2004 Biathlon World Championships, and took silver in the individual 20 km category at the 2005 World Championships.


At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Greis came into the games heading the World Cup standings and took the first Olympic gold of the games with victory in the individual 20 km ahead of the defending Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen. He was also a member of the German team that won the 4 × 7.5 km relay.


On 25 February 2006 Greis won the men's 15 km event and became the first person to capture three gold medals at the Turin Olympic Games. (Koreans Jin Sun-Yu and Ahn Hyun Soo became the second and third later on the same day with victories in short track speed skating.)


Greis was named German sportsman of the year, along with fellow biathlete Kati Wilhelm, by journalists.[1]


In the 2006/07 World Cup season, Greis won the Overall and the Sprint competition.


In the 2007/08 World Cup season Greis managed onto the podium on a regular basis, attaining three victories, three 2nd places as well as three 3rds. At the season's World Champs in Östersund Greis did not participate in the sprint and in the pursuit but being anchor both in the men's Relay and the mixed Relay, helped to secure a gold and a bronze for his team.


Prior to the 2008/09 World Cup season Greis had had a serious disagreement with the Germans' head coach Frank Ullrich the reason being Ullrich's authoritative management of the team, which resulted in Greis' departure from Ullrich's jurisdiction to train on his own. This yielded him quite a solid performance throughout the year, with another two World Cup victories and the relay bronze at the Biathlon World Championships 2009 in South Korea.


Greis participated in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada which turned to be a disappointing performance for his fans as he finished in the mediocre 10th place twice, in the Individual and the Mass Start, along with coming 5th in the relay and the pursuit, adding to a streak of unsuccessful Olympic performances by the German biathlon male team when not a single German won any medal in biathlon for the first time in the Olympic history.


After the first round of the 2012–13 World Cup, Greis announced his retirement on 5 December 2012 citing a lack of motivation, making the 20 km in Östersund on 28 November his last competition as he had dropped the sprint and pursuit.[2] After retiring, Greis studied International Managment at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences.[3] He also worked as a pundit for Eurosport.[4] Subsequently in 2016 he was appointed as head coach at the national biathlon training centre for east Switzerland at Lenzerheide, where he coached youth biathletes.[3][4] After two years in this post, in April 2018 he was announced as head coach of the United States men's biathlon team.[3]



Biathlon results[edit]


All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[5]



Olympic Games[edit]


3 medals (3 gold)


























Event
Individual
Sprint
Pursuit

Mass start
Relay

United States 2002 Salt Lake City

15th
16th
N/A


Italy 2006 Turin

Gold
33rd
8th

Gold

Gold

Canada 2010 Vancouver
10th
21st
5th
10th
5th
*Mass start was added as an event in 2006.


World Championships[edit]


12 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze)








































































Event
Individual
Sprint
Pursuit

Mass start
Relay

Mixed relay

Norway 2002 Oslo Holmenkollen
N/A
N/A
N/A
19th
N/A
N/A

Russia 2003 Khanty-Mansiysk

29th
DNS


N/A

Germany 2004 Oberhof

5th
9th
21st

Gold
N/A

Austria 2005 Hochfilzen

Silver
6th
5th
10th
6th

Bronze

Italy 2007 Antholz-Anterselva

Silver
19th
12th

Gold

Bronze
5th

Sweden 2008 Östersund
36th


13th

Bronze

Gold

South Korea 2009 Pyeongchang
19th
7th
13th
DNF

Bronze

Bronze

Russia 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk
7th
9th
11th
20th
7th

Silver

Germany 2012 Ruhpolding
11th
26th
23rd
22nd

Bronze

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.


Individual victories[edit]


11 victories (3 In, 4 Sp, 2 Pu, 2 MS)
























































Season
Date
Location
Discipline
Level

2004–05
1 victory
(1 In)
9 February 2005
Italy Turin
20 km individual
Biathlon World Cup

2005–06
2 victories
(1 In, 1 MS)
11 February 2006
Italy Turin
20 km individual
Winter Olympic Games
25 February 2006
Italy Turin
15 km mass start
Winter Olympic Games

2006–07
2 victories
(1 Sp, 1 MS)
14 December 2006
Austria Hochfilzen
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
11 February 2007
Italy Antholz-Anterselva
15 km mass start
Biathlon World Championships

2007–08
4 victories
(2 Sp, 2 Pu)
12 January 2008
Germany Ruhpolding
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
13 January 2008
Germany Ruhpolding
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup
18 January 2008
Italy Antholz-Anterselva
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
29 February 2008
South Korea Pyeongchang
12.5 km pursuit
Biathlon World Cup

2008–09
2 victories
(1 In, 1 Sp)
3 December 2008
Sweden Östersund
20 km individual
Biathlon World Cup
19 March 2009
Norway Trondheim
10 km sprint
Biathlon World Cup
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.


See also[edit]


  • List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event


References[edit]




  1. ^ Vancouver 2010 - profile


  2. ^ Kokesh, Jerry (5 December 2012). "Germany's Michael Greis Retires from Biathlon". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  3. ^ abc Kinast, Florian (30 April 2018). "Greis wird Cheftrainer der US-Biathleten" [Greis will be head coach of US biathletes]. spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 20 January 2019.


  4. ^ ab Becker, Thomas (12 May 2018). "Michael Greis: "I'm As Ambitious As Ever"". Internationale Fachmesse für Sportartikel und Sportmode. Retrieved 21 January 2019.


  5. ^ "Michael Greis". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 3 June 2015.




External links[edit]


  • Official website


  • Michael Greis at the International Biathlon Union




Awards
Preceded by
Germany Ronny Ackermann

German Sportsman of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Germany Fabian Hambüchen















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