Jens Gaiser
Jens Gaiser ( born August 15, 1978 in Baiersbronn ) is a former German nordic combined.
Career
Gaiser, who started for the Mitteltal - upper valley, made his international debut at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 Junior in Canmore. There, he won the team competition together with Georg Hettich and Ronny Ackermann the silver medal. Ten days later, he was part of the team for the 1997 Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim. He finished sixth in the team competition. A year later, on March 14, 1998 in Oslo Gaiser gave his debut in the World Cup Nordic Combined. Right away he was able to also run and 13th in the Top 20 and far into the points jump. Despite this success, he also belonged to the season 1998/ 99 is not fixed to the A-team. In January 1999, he began in Schonach again in the World Cup, and reached it again as 15 the points.
In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein Gaiser reached the 31st place in the sprint and the team again reached the sixth. After he missed the beginning of the 1999/00 season in Vuokatti twice the points, he went temporarily to the B World Cup, where he won his first competition in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. Also in Calgary, he stood on the podium twice. He then went back to the World Cup. It took until mid-March until he again landed in Oslo in the points. In the Summer Grand Prix, he reached in Klingenthal and Oberhof two distinct points standings and finished the Grand Prix so that on the eighth.
From January 2001, Gaiser got a solid start in the World Cup squad. Already at the third competition in Reit im Winkl he landed back in the points. As a result, he reached consistently points standings. In December 2001, the fourth rank in Lillehammer he achieved the single best result of his career. Only with Team World Cup get him better rankings, so in January 2002 in Val di Fiemme, where he took third place with his teammates.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he finished 19th in the Sprint competition. In the 2002/ 03 season Gaiser started with a good sixth place in Kuusamo. However, he succeeded not in the course of the season to build on this result. Once he even missed in Oberhof the points.
In the Summer Grand Prix 2003, he was able to land in the top ten four times. Among them he also achieved a victory in Steinbach- Hallenberg. Also in the season 2003/ 04 he did not succeed in the individual World Cup made it into the world's best. Only with the team he once managed a podium in second place in Oberstdorf. In the same year he started twice as a ski jumper in the Ski Jumping Continental Cup.
With the 2005/06 season Gaiser denied the best season of his career. Despite continued only streaky results in the World Cup and the sprint World Cup he achieved the best result.
As a finisher of the German relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he won the silver medal together with Björn Kircheisen, Georg Hettich and Ronny Ackermann.
In January 2007, he explained because of failing to qualify for the World Cup his retirement from competitive sports. He had previously won in B- World Cup two competitions in Chaux-Neuve.
After the end of his career Gaiser completed his training as a chimney sweep. He also took over the cross country junior training and the training of the football team at Bambini Mitteltal - upper valley.
Gaiser is married and has a son.
Achievements
World Cup Stats
The table shows the achieved placings in detail.
- Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
- Top 10: Number of placings in the top ten
- Points ranking: number of placements within the points positions
- Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline
Awards
From the readers of Black Boten Gaiser was elected in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2000 Sportsman of the Year.