Claudia Nystad ( Künzel, born 1 February 1978) is a German top-level woman

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. She was born in Zschopau, East Germany, and represents the sports club

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. Besides her civilian sports career, she serves as a sports soldier with the German Federal Armed Forces.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 6 medals – (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

* 5 medals – (1 gold, 4 silver) :a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*4 victories – (2 , 2 ) *26 podiums – (21 , 5 )

Team podiums

* 7 victories – (4 , 3 ) * 26 podiums – (17 , 9 )

Personal life

On June 27, 2005, Künzel married

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from Norway, ex-coach of the American cross-country ski team. In the summer of 2007, Künzel donated her gold medal from the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

to benefit th
'Hansel und Gretel' foundation
( Hansel and Gretel in German) committed to helping abused children.FIS Newsflash 135. July 11, 2007.

Honours and awards

* Saxon Sportswoman of the Year (2007 and 2010) *

Silver Bay Leaf Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany, was endowed on 23 June 1950 by the German President Theodor Heuss. It is awarded to athletes and teams of exemplary character that have won medals at Olympic and ...

(2002, 2006 and 2010) * Badge of Honour of the German Ski Association in Gold (2010) * Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold (2004) *

Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr The Decorations of Honour of the Bundeswehr (german: Ehrenzeichen der Bundeswehr) are a series of military decorations of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. These honours and awards were introduced in 1980 on the ...

(2002)

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nystad, Claudia 1978 births Living people People from Zschopau Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics German female cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr Sportspeople from Saxony