Mario Stecher

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Mario Stecher
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Stecher in 2018
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Turin 4 x 5 km team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Vancouver 4 x 5 km team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City 4 x 5 km team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Sochi 4 x 5 km team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Oslo 4 x 5 km team normal hill
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Oslo 4 x 5 km team large hill
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Ramsau 7.5 km sprint
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Lahti 4 x 5 km team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Val di Flemme 10 km normal hill
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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 was not nominated by the Austrian Ski Federation to compete in the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships 2015 in Falun.

He married fellow skier Carina Raich in 2008.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Sochi 2014
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