German biathlete (born 1976)
This article is about the German athlete. For the American screenwriter, see
Michael Grais .
Michael Greis
Personal information Full name Michael Greis Nickname
Michi Born (1976-08-18 ) 18 August 1976 (age 49) Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Sport Professional information Sport Biathlon Club SK Nesselwang World Cup debut 28 February 2001 Retired 5 December 2012 Olympic Games Teams 3 (2002 ,2006 ,2010 )Medals 3 (3 gold)World Championships Teams 9 (2002 ,2003 ,2004 ,2005 ,2007 ,2008 ,2009 ,2011 ,2012 )Medals 12 (3 gold)World Cup Seasons 13 (2000/01–2012/13)Individual victories 11 All victories 21 Individual podiums 34 All podiums 64 Overall titles 1 (2006–07)Discipline titles 4: 3 Individual (2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09);1 Sprint (2006–07)
Michael Greis (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaʔeːl ⓘ German formerbiathlete .
Greis first competed at the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City , finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.
Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and was a member of the winning 4 × 7.5 km relay team in the 2004Biathlon World Championships , and took silver in the individual 20 km category at the 2005 World Championships.
At the2006 Winter Olympics , Greis came into the games heading the World Cup standings and took the first Olympic gold of the games with victory in theindividual 20 km ahead of the defending Olympic championOle Einar Bjørndalen . He was also a member of the German team that won the4 × 7.5 km relay .
On 25 February 2006 Greis won themen's 15 km event and became the first person to capture three gold medals at the Turin Olympic Games. (Koreans Jin Sun-Yu andAhn Hyun Soo became the second and third later on the same day with victories inshort track speed skating .)
Greis was named German sportsman of the year, along with fellow biathleteKati Wilhelm , by journalists.[ 1]
In the2006/07 World Cup season, Greis won the Overall and the Sprint competition.
In the2007/08 World Cup season Greis managed onto the podium on a regular basis, attaining three victories, three 2nd places as well as three 3rds. At the season's World Champs in Östersund Greis did not participate in the sprint and in the pursuit but being anchor both in the men's Relay and the mixed Relay, helped to secure a gold and a bronze for his team.
Prior to the2008/09 World Cup season Greis had had a serious disagreement with the Germans' head coachFrank Ullrich the reason being Ullrich's authoritative management of the team, which resulted in Greis' departure from Ullrich's jurisdiction to train on his own. This yielded him quite a solid performance throughout the year, with another two World Cup victories and the relay bronze at theBiathlon World Championships 2009 in South Korea.
Greis participated in the2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada which turned to be a disappointing performance for his fans as he finished in the mediocre 10th place twice, in the Individual and the Mass Start, along with coming 5th in the relay and the pursuit, adding to a streak of unsuccessful Olympic performances by the German biathlon male team when not a single German won any medal in biathlon for the first time in the Olympic history.
After the first round of the2012–13 World Cup , Greis announced his retirement on 5 December 2012 citing a lack of motivation, making the 20 km inÖstersund on 28 November his last competition as he had dropped the sprint and pursuit.[ 2] Ansbach University of Applied Sciences .[ 3] Eurosport .[ 4] Lenzerheide , where he coached youth biathletes.[ 3] [ 4] [ 3] [ 5]
All results are sourced from theInternational Biathlon Union .[ 6]
3 medals (3 gold)
*Mass start was added as an event in 2006. World Championships [ edit ] 12 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze)
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005. Individual victories [ edit ] 11 victories (3 In, 4 Sp, 2 Pu, 2 MS)
*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include theBiathlon World Cup ,Biathlon World Championships and theWinter Olympic Games .
1968 :Alexander Tikhonov ,Nikolay Puzanov ,Viktor Mamatov ,Vladimir Gundartsev (URS ) 1972 :Alexander Tikhonov ,Rinnat Safin ,Ivan Biakov ,Viktor Mamatov (URS ) 1976 :Aleksandr Elizarov ,Ivan Biakov ,Alexander Tikhonov ,Nikolay Kruglov (URS ) 1980 :Vladimir Alikin ,Alexander Tikhonov ,Vladimir Barnashov ,Anatoly Alyabyev (URS ) 1984 :Dmitry Vasilyev ,Juri Kashkarov ,Algimantas Šalna ,Sergei Bulygin (URS ) 1988 :Dmitry Vasilyev ,Sergei Tchepikov ,Alexandr Popov ,Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS ) 1992 :Ricco Groß ,Jens Steinigen ,Mark Kirchner ,Fritz Fischer (GER ) 1994 :Ricco Groß ,Frank Luck ,Mark Kirchner ,Sven Fischer (GER ) 1998 :Ricco Groß ,Peter Sendel ,Sven Fischer ,Frank Luck (GER ) 2002 :Halvard Hanevold ,Frode Andresen ,Egil Gjelland ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR ) 2006 :Ricco Groß ,Michael Rösch ,Sven Fischer ,Michael Greis (GER ) 2010 :Halvard Hanevold ,Tarjei Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR ) 2014 :Erik Lesser ,Daniel Böhm ,Arnd Peiffer ,Simon Schempp (GER ) 2018 :Peppe Femling ,Jesper Nelin ,Sebastian Samuelsson ,Fredrik Lindström (SWE ) 2022 :Sturla Holm Lægreid ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ,Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR )
1966:Ivar Nordkild ,Olav Jordet ,Jon Istad ,Ragnar Tveiten ) 1967:Ola Wærhaug ,Olav Jordet ,Jon Istad ,Ragnar Tveiten ) 1969:Alexander Tikhonov ,Viktor Mamatov ,Vladimir Gundartsev ,Rinnat Safin ) 1970:Alexander Tikhonov ,Rinnat Safin ,Alexander Ushakov ,Viktor Mamatov ) 1971:Alexander Tikhonov ,Nikolay Muzhytov ,Rinnat Safin ,Viktor Mamatov ) 1973:Gennady Kovalev ,Rinnat Safin ,Juri Kolmakov ,Alexander Tikhonov ) 1974:Alexander Ushakov ,Alexander Tikhonov ,Juri Kolmakov ,Nikolay Kruglov ) 1975:Henrik Flöjt ,Simo Halonen ,Juhani Suutarinen ,Heikki Ikola ) 1977:Aleksandr Elizarov ,Alexander Ushakov ,Nikolay Kruglov ,Alexander Tikhonov ) 1978:Manfred Beer ,Klaus Siebert ,Frank Ullrich ,Eberhard Rösch ) 1979:Manfred Beer ,Klaus Siebert ,Frank Ullrich ,Eberhard Rösch ) 1981:Mathias Jung ,Matthias Jacob ,Frank Ullrich ,Eberhard Rösch ) 1982:Mathias Jung ,Matthias Jacob ,Frank Ullrich ,Bernd Hellmich ) 1983:Sergei Bulygin ,Algimantas Šalna ,Juri Kashkarov ,Petr Miloradov ) 1985:Juri Kashkarov ,Algimantas Šalna ,Andrei Zenkov ,Sergei Bulygin ) 1986:Dmitry Vasilyev ,Juri Kashkarov ,Valeriy Medvedtsev ,Sergei Bulygin ) 1987:Jürgen Wirth ,Frank-Peter Roetsch ,Matthias Jacob ,André Sehmisch ) 1989:Frank Luck ,André Sehmisch ,Frank-Peter Roetsch ,Birk Anders ) 1990:Pieralberto Carrara ,Wilfried Pallhuber ,Johann Passler ,Andreas Zingerle ) 1991:Ricco Groß ,Frank Luck ,Mark Kirchner ,Fritz Fischer ) 1993:Wilfried Pallhuber ,Johann Passler ,Pieralberto Carrara ,Andreas Zingerle ) 1995:Ricco Groß ,Mark Kirchner ,Frank Luck ,Sven Fischer ) 1996:Viktor Maigourov ,Vladimir Drachev ,Sergei Tarasov ,Aleksey Kobelev ) 1997:Ricco Groß ,Peter Sendel ,Sven Fischer ,Frank Luck ) 1999:Alexei Aidarov ,Petr Ivashko ,Vadim Sashurin ,Oleg Ryzhenkov ) 2000:Viktor Maigourov ,Sergei Rozhkov ,Vladimir Drachev ,Pavel Rostovtsev ) 2001:Gilles Marguet ,Vincent Defrasne ,Julien Robert ,Raphaël Poirée ) 2003:Peter Sendel ,Sven Fischer ,Ricco Groß ,Frank Luck ) 2004:Frank Luck ,Ricco Groß ,Sven Fischer ,Michael Greis ) 2005:Halvard Hanevold ,Stian Eckhoff ,Egil Gjelland ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen ) 2007:Ivan Tcherezov ,Maxim Chudov ,Dmitri Yaroshenko ,Nikolay Kruglov Jr. ) 2008:Ivan Tcherezov ,Nikolay Kruglov Jr. ,Dmitri Yaroshenko ,Maxim Chudov ) 2009:Emil Hegle Svendsen ,Lars Berger ,Halvard Hanevold ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen ) 2011:Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Alexander Os ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ,Tarjei Bø ) 2012:Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Rune Brattsveen ,Tarjei Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ) 2013:Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Henrik L'Abée-Lund ,Tarjei Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ) 2015:Erik Lesser ,Daniel Böhm ,Arnd Peiffer ,Simon Schempp ) 2016:Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ) 2017:Alexey Volkov ,Maxim Tsvetkov ,Anton Babikov ,Anton Shipulin ) 2019:Lars Helge Birkeland ,Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ) 2020:Émilien Jacquelin ,Martin Fourcade ,Simon Desthieux ,Quentin Fillon Maillet ) 2021:Sturla Holm Lægreid ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ,Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen ) 2023:Antonin Guigonnat ,Fabien Claude ,Émilien Jacquelin ,Quentin Fillon Maillet ) 2024:Viktor Brandt ,Jesper Nelin ,Martin Ponsiluoma ,Sebastian Samuelsson ) 2025:Endre Strømsheim ,Tarjei Bø ,Sturla Holm Lægreid ,Johannes Thingnes Bø )
4 × 7.5 km 2 × 6 km + 2007:Helena Jonsson ,Anna Carin Olofsson ,Björn Ferry ,Carl Johan Bergman ) 2008:Sabrina Buchholz ,Magdalena Neuner ,Andreas Birnbacher ,Michael Greis ) 2009:Marie-Laure Brunet ,Sylvie Becaert ,Vincent Defrasne ,Simon Fourcade ) 2010:Simone Hauswald ,Magdalena Neuner ,Simon Schempp ,Arnd Peiffer ) 2011:Tora Berger ,Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Tarjei Bø ) 2012:Tora Berger ,Synnøve Solemdal ,Ole Einar Bjørndalen ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ) 2013:Tora Berger ,Synnøve Solemdal ,Tarjei Bø ,Emil Hegle Svendsen ) 2015:Veronika Vítková ,Gabriela Soukalová ,Michal Šlesingr ,Ondřej Moravec ) 2016:Anaïs Bescond ,Marie Dorin Habert ,Quentin Fillon Maillet ,Martin Fourcade ) 2017:Vanessa Hinz ,Laura Dahlmeier ,Arnd Peiffer ,Simon Schempp ) 2019:Marte Olsbu Røiseland ,Tiril Eckhoff ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ,Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen ) 4 × 6 km 2020:Marte Olsbu Røiseland ,Tiril Eckhoff ,Tarjei Bø ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ) 2023:Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold ,Marte Olsbu Røiseland ,Sturla Holm Lægreid ,Johannes Thingnes Bø ) 2024:Éric Perrot ,Quentin Fillon Maillet ,Justine Braisaz-Bouchet ,Julia Simon ) 2025:Julia Simon ,Lou Jeanmonnot ,Éric Perrot ,Émilien Jacquelin )
Until 1900 1900–1950 1901:Aksel Refstad (NOR) 1903:Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904:Harald Smith (NOR) 1905:Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907:Per Bakken (NOR) 1908:Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909:Thorvald Hansen 1910:Lauritz Bergendahl 1911:Otto Tangen (NOR),Knut Holst (NOR) 1912:Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914:Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915:Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916:Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918:Hassa Horn (NOR),Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919:Thorleif Haug (NOR),Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923:Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924:Harald Økern (NOR),Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925:Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926:Jacob Tullin Thams 1927:Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR),Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928:Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR),Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931:Hans Vinjarengen (NOR),Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934:Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935:Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937:Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR),Birger Ruud (NOR),Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938:Reidar Andersen (NOR),Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939:Sven Selånger (SWE),Lars Bergendahl (NOR),Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940:Oscar Gjøslien (NOR),Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947:Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948:Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949:Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950:Olav Økern (NOR) 1951–2000 1951:Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952:Stein Eriksen (NOR),Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR),Heikki Hasu (FIN),Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953:Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954:Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955:Haakon VII (NOR),Hallgeir Brenden (NOR),Veikko Hakulinen (FIN),Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956:Borghild Niskin (NOR),Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR),Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957:Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958:Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR),Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959:Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960:Helmut Recknagel (GDR),Sixten Jernberg (SWE),Sverre Stensheim (NOR),Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961:Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962:Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963:Alevtina Kolchina (URS),Pavel Kolchin (URS),Astrid Sandvik (NOR),Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964:Veikko Kankkonen (FIN),Eero Mäntyranta (FIN),Georg Thoma (FRG),Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965:Arto Tiainen (FIN),Bengt Eriksson (SWE),Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967:Toini Gustafsson (SWE),Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968:Olav V (NOR),Assar Rönnlund (SWE),Gjermund Eggen (NOR),Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969:Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970:Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971:Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN),Berit Mørdre (NOR),Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972:Rauno Miettinen (FIN),Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973:Einar Bergsland (NOR),Ingolf Mork (NOR),Franz Keller (FRG) 1974:Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975:Gerhard Grimmer (GDR),Oddvar Brå (NOR),Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976:Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977:Helena Takalo (FIN),Hilkka Kuntola (FIN),Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979:Ingemar Stenmark (SWE),Erik Håker (NOR),Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980:Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981:Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983:Berit Aunli (NOR),Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984:Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR),Jakob Vaage (NOR),Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985:Anette Bøe (NOR),Per Bergerud (NOR),Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986:Brit Pettersen (NOR) 1987:Matti Nykänen (FIN),Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989:Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991:Vegard Ulvang (NOR),Trond Einar Elden (NOR),Ernst Vettori (AUT),Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992:Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993:Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994:Lyubov Yegorova (RUS),Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ),Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995:Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996:Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997:Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR),Stefania Belmondo (ITA),Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998:Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR),Larisa Lazutina (RUS),Alexey Prokurorov (RUS),Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999:Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) Since 2001 2001:Adam Małysz (POL),Bente Skari (NOR),Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003:Felix Gottwald (AUT),Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004:Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005:Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007:Frode Estil (NOR),Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR),Harald V (NOR),Sonja (NOR),Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010:Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011:Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR),Michael Greis (GER),Andrea Henkel (GER),Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012:Magdalena Neuner (GER),Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013:Tora Berger (NOR),Martin Fourcade (FRA),Therese Johaug (NOR),Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014:Magnus Moan (NOR),Eric Frenzel (GER),Thomas Morgenstern (AUT),Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015:Eldar Rønning (NOR),Anders Bardal (NOR),Anette Sagen (NOR),Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016:Noriaki Kasai (JPN),Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017:Marie Dorin Habert (FRA),Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018:Charlotte Kalla (SWE),Princess Astrid (NOR),Hannu Manninen (FIN),Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 2021:Maren Lundby (NOR),Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR),Dario Cologna (SUI),Johannes Rydzek (GER) 2022:Tiril Eckhoff (NOR),Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR),Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR),Jørgen Graabak (NOR) 2023:Maiken Caspersen Falla (NOR),Stefan Kraft (AUT) 2024:Jessie Diggins (USA),Simen Hegstad Krüger (NOR),Jarl Magnus Riiber (NOR) 2025:Iivo Niskanen (FIN),Peter Prevc (SLO),Akito Watabe (JPN),Dorothea Wierer (ITA),Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA)
2002 Salt Lake City
2006 Turin
2010 Vancouver
2002 Oslo Holmenkollen
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk
2004 Oberhof
2005 Hochfilzen
2008 Östersund
2009 Pyeongchang
