Mario Stecher

Mario Stecher

Stecher in 2018
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Representing Austria
Olympic Games
	2006 Turin	4 x 5 km team
	2010 Vancouver	4 x 5 km team
	2002 Salt Lake City	4 x 5 km team
	2014 Sochi	4 x 5 km team
World Championships
	2011 Oslo	4 x 5 km team normal hill
	2011 Oslo	4 x 5 km team large hill
	1999 Ramsau	7.5 km sprint
	2001 Lahti	4 x 5 km team
	2013 Val di Flemme	10 km normal hill
	1997 Trondheim	4 x 5 km team

Mario Stecher (born 17 July 1977, in Eisenerz) is an Austrian former Nordic combined skier. Competing in six Winter Olympics, 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 Vancouver 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: 2001) 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.

External links

• Mario Stecher at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
• Official website (in English and German)