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Mario Stecher (born 17 July 1977, in Eisenerz) is an Austrian former Nordic combined skier. Competing in six
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, he won three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with two golds ( 2006, 2010) and a bronze ( 2002). Stecher's best individual finish was fifth in the 10 km individual normal hill event at
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in 2010. He won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold, three silvers (7.5 km sprint: 1999, 4 x 5 km team:
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) and a bronze (4 x 5 km team: 1997). Stecher has a total of nine World Cup victories since 1994, including the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival that same year. Being 16 years old, he was the youngest winner on the Holmenkollen. - On February 27, 2015, he announced his retirement, after he wasn't nominated by the Austrian Ski Federation to compete in the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships 2015 in Falun. He is married to Carina Raich since 2008.


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– click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file * 1977 births Austrian male Nordic combined skiers Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Living people Nordic combined skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Nordic combined Grand Prix winners Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Austria Olympic medalists in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Leoben District Skiers from Styria {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub