Jens Filbrich (born 13 March 1979 in

Suhl Suhl () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located SW of Erfurt, NE of Würzburg and N of Nuremberg. With its 37,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella- ...

Bezirk Suhl The Bezirk Suhl was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Suhl. History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it ...

) is a German

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

who has been competing since 1998. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the

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with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002. Filbrich's best individual Olympic finish was 17th in the 50 km freestyle event in 2006. Filbrich also has six medals at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship ev ...

, earning four silvers (Team sprint: 2005, 4 × 10 km: 2003, 2005, 2009) and two bronzes (4 × 10 km: 2001 50 km: 2007). Filbrich has two skiing victories in the World and Continental Cups as of the 2005–6 season (2003, 2005). He is the son of former cross-country skier

Sigrun Krause Sigrun Krause (later Filbrich, born 28 January 1954) is a retired East German cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Krause also won a si ...

, and former cross-country skier, coach and sports official Wolfgang Filbrich.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

* 7 medals – (4 silver, 3 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*5 podiums

Team podiums

* 8 victories – (6 , 2 ) * 15 podiums – (13 , 2 )

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Filbrich, Jens 1979 births Living people People from Suhl German male cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Sportspeople from Thuringia 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 Olympic cross-country skiers of 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 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics