Lefteris Fafalis

Eleftherios " Lefteris " Fafalis (Greek Ελευθέριος " Λευτέρης " Φάφαλης, born February 17, 1976 in Munich ) is a former cross-country skier and biathlete Greek. He participated in four Olympic Winter Games.

Lefteris Fafalis grew up in Germany and is married to German cross-country skiing Olympic gold medalist Viola Bauer. Both have a daughter born in 2009 and live in Metsovo. He studied at the Technical University of Munich Sports Sciences and now works as a data protection officer. Fafalis was active for the club EOS Metsovo. Apart from occasional forays into the sport of biathlon he was devoted primarily to the cross-country skiing. In Gällivare he took first time in 1995 at the Junior World Championships in Nordic skiing part and was 78th on the 10-kilometer classic and 53 30 -kilometer freestyle. A year later he came in Asiago only about 10-kilometer Classic used and was doing 84

In January 1997 Fafalis denied in Ramsau his first FIS race among men, a little later a first race in the Continental Cup cross-country skiing. The first highlight in the career was the participation in the Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 in Trondheim, where the Greek 83rd via 30-kilometer freestyle, 94 was about 10-kilometer classic and 79th in the pursuit. A year later, he took part in his first Nagano Olympics. About 10-kilometer Classic, he finished 86th. In 1999 he took part in Ramsau on its second World Cup. About 10-kilometer Classic, he finished 86th, was the 68th and 57th Pursuit 50 -kilometer classic. In December 1999 Fafalis played with a sprint in Engelberg, in which he was 69, his first race in the Cross Country World Cup. He should be in the World Cup in his career never play any other race in the sprint. In 2001, he was able to advance in Nové Město na Moravě than 36 a sprint race for the first time in the vicinity of the points positions. This was followed by attendance at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 in Lahti. Here he was 68 over 15 -kilometer classic and 50th of freestyle sprints.

The next highlight was the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he was also Greece's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. For races at Soldier Hollow Fafalis was about 15 -kilometer Classic 65th in Freestyle Sprint 40th and 68th in the pursuit, which he could not qualify for the second part of the prosecution, the freestyle race. In 2003 he won in Pigadia with a freestyle sprint races for the first time a FIS race. A month later he was at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme 35 Freestyle sprints. 004 he repeated his victory at the FIS Sprint in Pigadia. A little later he was in a Continental Cup Sprint in Forni Avoltri third parties. Its probably the biggest international success reached Fafalis in a World Cup sprint in Nove Mesto neighborhood when he was 17 in 2005 and for the first time won the World Cup points. He underscored its position as probably the best Greek cross-country skiers of his generation. At the 2005 World Championships in Oberstdorf, he was unable to repeat this performance than the classical 40th - sprints. In Vernon, he could win a spot in the World Cup the following season 2005/ 06 as 30 of Sprint again. In 2006 he again won the sprint in Pigadia, which has now been carried out as part of the Balkan Cup.

This was followed by the Olympic Games in Turin, where Fafalis only took 2006 Freestyle Sprint and there at the races in Pragelato Plan was 29. At the opening ceremony, he was again standard-bearer of Greece. More Appearances as at the Olympic Games in the year before, the Greeks again. During the 2007 World Championships in Sapporo About 15 -kilometer freestyle, he was 48, 42 of the classic sprints and with Grigoris Moschovakos 18 Freestyle team sprints. In 2008 he again won the Balkca Cup Sprint in Pigadia and a little later he was Greek champion in his home town of Metsovo in the sprint. A year later he was in Seli Sprint runner-up behind Dimitrios Kappas, but won the title over 15 -kilometer classic. At the World Championships 2009 in Liberec, the Greek was reported for the sprint, but did not appear to. Most recent international championship and completion of career were the sprint competitions in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. In Whistler Olympic Park, he came on the 50th place of the classic sprints.

In Biathlon Fafalis played his first international race in 2003 as part of the European Cup. In Windischgarsten he was at his first sprint 45 It was his best finish in the race series. The first international championship were the Biathlon 2003 European Championships in Forni Avoltri, where he was 55th of Single Page. This leads to the Biathlon World Championships in 2003 joined in Khanty-Mansiysk. In Siberia was Fafalis 89 and 82 of the Single Page the sprint. It was also his best results in the Biathlon World Cup, for he was never able to qualify outside world championships. In 2005 he participated in Hochfilzen again at the World Championships Teul and showed places 105 in singles and 108 in the sprint race.

World Cup Stats

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