Tobias Angerer (born 12 April 1977 in

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) is a German cross-country skier, and skis with the SC Vachendorf club. He graduated from the Skigymnasium

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in 1996. His occupation is "Sports Soldier". Angerer has been competing since 1996.

Biography

Angerer turned 18 in 1995 in his first big event, the 10 km classical at the

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, Italy. The next year he took a 26th place on the 30 km freestyle and a 28th place on the 10 km classical at the World Junior Championships in

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, Canada. His first victory in the FIS World Cup came on 6 January 2004 in

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, Sweden, when he won the 2 × 15 km double pursuit in front of Italy's Pietro Piller Cottrer. Angerer goes by the name Toby rather than Tobias. He has won the overall FIS

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twice, first in 2005/2006 and again in 2006/2007. The first year he won ahead of

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in the second place and

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in the third. In the 2006/2007 event, Angerer beat number two, Russia's

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with 551 points and

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finished in third position. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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, he won a bronze medal in the 15 km classical interval start event and a silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay. In 2007 Angerer became the first winner of Tour de Ski men's event, winning by 46.4 seconds over Alexander Legkov. Angerer has six medals at the

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, with four silvers (Team sprint: 2009, 15 km + 15 km double pursuit: 2007, 4 × 10 km relay: 2005, 2009) and two bronzes (15 km: 2007, 50 km: 2009). Angerer has 22 World Cup podiums and nine World Cup victories, four of the wins which were in 2 × 15 km double pursuit, three in 30 km, one in 15 km freestyle, and one in 15 km classical.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

* 4 medals – (2 silver, 2 bronze)

World Championships

* 7 medals – (4 silver, 3 bronze)

World Cup

Season titles

* 4 titles – (2 overall, 2 distance)

Season standings

Individual podiums

*11 victories – (11 ) *32 podiums – (28 , 4 )

Team podiums

* 6 victories – (5 , 1 ) * 24 podiums – (15 , 9 )

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Angerer, Tobias 1977 births Living people People from Traunstein Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria German male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Germany 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 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 FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Tour de Ski winners Tour de Ski skiers