Michael Greis

Michael Greis
	Greis at the World Championships in Antholz-Anterselva.
Personal information
Full name	Michael Greis
Nickname(s)	Michi
Born	18 August 1976; Füssen, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
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)
Men's biathlon
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships

Michael Greis (born 18 August 1976) is a former German biathlete.

Career

Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt 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 2004 Biathlon World Championships, and took silver in the individual 20 km category at the 2005 World Championships.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Greis came into the games heading the World Cup standings and took the first Olympic gold of the games with victory in the individual 20 km ahead of the defending Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen. He was also a member of the German team that won the 4 × 7.5 km relay.

On 25 February 2006 Greis won the men's 15 km event and became the first person to capture three gold medals at the Turin Olympic Games. (Koreans Jin Sun-Yu and Ahn Hyun Soo became the second and third later on the same day with victories in short track speed skating.)

Greis was named German sportsman of the year, along with fellow biathlete Kati Wilhelm, by journalists.^[1]

In the 2006/07 World Cup season, Greis won the Overall and the Sprint competition.

In the 2007/08 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 the 2008/09 World Cup season Greis had had a serious disagreement with the Germans' head coach Frank 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 the Biathlon World Championships 2009 in South Korea.

Greis participated in the 2010 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 the 2012–13 World Cup, Greis announced his retirement on 5 December 2012 citing a lack of motivation, making the 20 km in Östersund on 28 November his last competition as he had dropped the sprint and pursuit.^[2]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[3]

Olympic Games

3 medals (3 gold)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay
2002 Salt Lake City	—	15th	16th	N/A	—
2006 Turin	Gold	33rd	8th	Gold	Gold
2010 Vancouver	10th	21st	5th	10th	5th

*Mass start was added as an event in 2006.

World Championships

12 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
2002 Oslo Holmenkollen	N/A	N/A	N/A	19th	N/A	N/A
2003 Khanty-Mansiysk	—	29th	DNS	—	—	N/A
2004 Oberhof	—	5th	9th	21st	Gold	N/A
2005 Hochfilzen	Silver	6th	5th	10th	6th	Bronze
2007 Antholz-Anterselva	Silver	19th	12th	Gold	Bronze	5th
2008 Östersund	36th	—	—	13th	Bronze	Gold
2009 Pyeongchang	19th	7th	13th	DNF	Bronze	Bronze
2011 Khanty-Mansiysk	7th	9th	11th	20th	7th	Silver
2012 Ruhpolding	11th	26th	23rd	22nd	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

11 victories (3 In, 4 Sp, 2 Pu, 2 MS)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Level
2004–05 1 victory (1 In)	9 February 2005	Turin	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
2005–06 2 victories (1 In, 1 MS)	11 February 2006	Turin	20 km individual	Winter Olympic Games
2005–06 2 victories (1 In, 1 MS)	25 February 2006	Turin	15 km mass start	Winter Olympic Games
2006–07 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 MS)	14 December 2006	Hochfilzen	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
2006–07 2 victories (1 Sp, 1 MS)	11 February 2007	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km mass start	Biathlon World Championships
2007–08 4 victories (2 Sp, 2 Pu)	12 January 2008	Ruhpolding	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	13 January 2008	Ruhpolding	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
	18 January 2008	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup
	29 February 2008	Pyeongchang	12.5 km pursuit	Biathlon World Cup
2008–09 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	3 December 2008	Östersund	20 km individual	Biathlon World Cup
2008–09 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)	19 March 2009	Trondheim	10 km sprint	Biathlon World Cup

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

↑ Vancouver 2010 - profile
↑ Kokesh, Jerry (5 December 2012). "Germany's Michael Greis Retires from Biathlon". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
↑ "Michael Greis". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

External links

Awards
Preceded by Ronny Ackermann	German Sportsman of the Year 2006	Succeeded by Fabian Hambüchen

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[1] Vancouver 2010 - profile

[2] Kokesh, Jerry (5 December 2012). "Germany's Michael Greis Retires from Biathlon". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

[IBUprofile-3] "Michael Greis". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

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