Nicole Fessel Explained

Nicole Fessel
Birth Date:19 May 1983
Birth Place:Annweiler am Trifels, West Germany
Height:1.70 m
Club:SC Oberstdorf
Seasons:16 – (20032018)
Wins:0
Totalpodiums:3
Teamwins:0
Teampodiums:2
Individual Starts:242
Team Starts:28
Wcoveralls:0 – (8th in 2015)
Wctitles:0
Show-Medals:yes

Nicole Fessel (born 19 May 1983) is a German former cross-country skier who competed between 2000 and 2018. Her best World Cup finish was second twice (team sprint: 2009, 4 × 5 km relay: March 2010). Fessel's best individual finish was second in Switzerland in 2014.

Competing in two Winter Olympics, her best finish was 17th in the individual sprint event at Vancouver in 2010 Fessel's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 15th twice, both in the sprint events (2007, 2009).

She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing in September 2019.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
22
26
30
34 10

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
21 55
23 15
25
27 7
29
31 4
32 6

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
20 73 52
21 69 43
22 84 61
23 53 27
24 36 70 21 42
25 44 67 30 40
26 52 33
27 48 45 29
28 17 20 33 4 11
29 17 17 23 13 25 12
30 22 19 49 10 23
31 43 32 42 27 30
32 8 6 20 7
33 22 18 64 13 19
34 18 12 15 9
35 43 22

Individual podiums

3 podiums – (3)

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  2010–11 28 November 2010 Rukatunturi, Finland 10 km Pursuit FWorld Cup 2nd
2  2012–13 2 February 2013 Sochi, Russia 7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/F World Cup 3rd
3  2014–15 20 December 2014 Davos, Switzerland 10 km Individual F World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammate(s)
1  2008–09 18 January 2009 Whistler, Canada 6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup 2nd Böhler
2  2009–10 7 March 2010 Lahti, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup 2nd Zeller / Gössner / Sachenbacher-Stehle

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nicole Fessel beendet ihre Karriere: Erstes Kind im Dezember . . 3 November 2019 . German . 4 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Athlete : FESSEL Nicole . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 3 February 2018.