Fabian Rießle (also spelled Riessle, born 18 December 1990) is a German

nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

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 Eric Frenzel (born 21 November 1988) is a German nordic combined skier who has been competing since 2000. Career One of the most successful nordic combined athletes of all time. He won the Olympic gold medals in the 10km individual normal hill ...

. Rießle joined the leading group by mid-distance, and at the finish line became third. Six days earlier, in the individual normal hill/10 km event he finished 8th. On 20 March 2014, Rießle together with

Björn Kircheisen Björn Kircheisen (also spelled Bjoern; born 6 August 1983 in Erlabrunn) is a German former nordic combined skier. He won four 4 x 5 km team medals at the Winter Olympics with three silvers (2002, 2006, 2014) and a bronze (2010). Kirchei ...

Johannes Rydzek Johannes Rydzek (; born 9 December 1991) is a German nordic combined skier who has competed since 2006. Career He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He won five World Cup races. His firs ...

, and

won the silver medal in the team event. At the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

in Pyeongchang he won the silver medal in the individual large hill/10 km competition. On 22 February 2018, Rießle together with Vinzenz Geiger,

, and

won the gold medal in the team event.

Record

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

Standings

Individual victories

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Riessle, Fabian German male Nordic combined skiers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Germany Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in Nordic combined Living people 1990 births FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Sportspeople from Freiburg im Breisgau Skiers from Baden-Württemberg