Fabian Rießle Explained

Fabian Rießle
Birth Date:18 December 1990
Birth Place:Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Height:1.72 m
Club:SZ Breitnau
Seasons:2009–2024
Wins:9
Teamwins:7
Totalpodiums:53
Teampodiums:19
Individual Starts:209

Fabian Rießle (also spelled Riessle, born 18 December 1990) is a German former nordic combined skier.

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.[1] 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

EventNormal hillLarge hillTeam relay
align=left 20148BronzeSilver
align=left 20187SilverGold

World Championship

YearIndividual LHIndividual NHTeam NHTeam sprint
Gold
Bronze

World Cup

Standings

SeasonOverallNC-Triple
scope=row align=center2009/1060
scope=row align=center2011/1214
scope=row align=center2012/1325
scope=row align=center2013/141812
scope=row align=center2014/1546
scope=row align=center2015/16align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"
scope=row align=center2016/1746
scope=row align=center2017/18align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"align=center style="background:#cfaa88;"
scope=row align=center2018/198align=center style="background:silver;"
scope=row align=center2019/20510
scope=row align=center2020/2147
scope=row align=center2021/222031
scope=row align=center2022/232310
scope=row align=center2023/2466

Individual victories

No.SeasonDateLocation
scope=row1align=center rowspan=32015/165 December 2015 Lillehammer
scope=row224 January 2016 Chaux-Neuve
scope=row321 February 2016 Lahti
scope=row4align=center rowspan=22016/178 January 2017 Lahti
scope=row522 January 2017 Chaux-Neuve
scope=row6align=center rowspan=42017/1817 December 2017 Ramsau
scope=row714 March 2018 Trondheim
scope=row817 March 2018 Klingenthal
scope=row918 March 2018 Klingenthal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Individual Gundersen LH / 10 km, Cross-Country. Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. 18 February 2014. 2 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140302104557/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/nordic-combined-ind-gund-lh-10-km-c-c-free-race. dead.