Axel Teichmann

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Born (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 46)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Country Germany
SportSkiing
Axel Teichmann
Teichmann during the Tour de Ski in Oberhof, Germany in January 2010
Personal information
Born (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 46)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Germany
SportSkiing
ClubWSV Bad Lobenstein
World Cup career
Seasons16 – (19992014)
Indiv. starts227
Indiv. podiums30
Indiv. wins13
Team starts42
Team podiums19
Team wins8
Overall titles1 – (2005)
Discipline titles1 – (DI)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 2 0
World Championships 2 5 1
Total 2 7 1
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2010 Vancouver50 km classical
Silver medal – second place2010 VancouverTeam sprint
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 Val di Fiemme15 km classical
Gold medal – first place2007 Sapporo30 km double pursuit
Silver medal – second place2003 Val di Fiemme4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place2005 OberstdorfTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2005 Oberstdorf4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place2009 LiberecTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2009 Liberec4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place2011 Oslo4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Saalfelden10 km classical
Gold medal – first place1999 Saalfelden4 × 10 km relay

Axel Teichmann (born 14 July 1979) is a German cross-country skiing coach and former skier.

Teichmann started cross-country skiing at the age of ten. He completed his secondary education at Bad Lobenstein and, from 1993, at Oberhof. Since graduation in 1998, he has been aided in his sporting career by the German armed forces as a military athlete. In addition to professional sport, Teichmann studies electrical engineering at FernUniversität Hagen.

Career

Teichmann competed at the 2002, the 2010, and the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1] He was sick for a large part of the 2005–06 season and failed to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics. Due to the Germans selection criteria of either an Olympic medal or a top 10 finish in the World Cup, Teichmann, who won the overall World Cup in 2004–05, was left out of the German A-team for the 2006–07 season. Teichmann was still able to compete, only he received less financing and did not train with the other elite members.[2]

In June 2006 Teichmann had leg surgery for an injury he had, but he was given a modified wheelchair while he recovered. The wheelchair was made with rollerskis, so that he could still train.[3]

He won silver with Tim Tscharnke in the Team Sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

After the 50 km freestyle race at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he announced his immediate retirement from the sport.

Cross-country skiing results

References

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