Jochen Behle

Jochen Behle (born 7 July 1960 Korbach ) is a former German cross-country skiers. Behle from 2002 to March 2012, national coach for cross-country skiing. He lives in Schwalefeld in the Sauerland.

Behle was known in Germany as he led in 1980 in the Olympic 15 - km cross-country skiing long as a young cross-country skiers in Lake Placid after the first split, but was not shown in the picture, and the ZDF reporter Bruno Moravetz this with the expressed repeatedly saying "Where is Behle? " commented.

With the winter cross-country experts Fritz Berger Becker he made over ten years, an independent training group in addition to the national team, to the also met with other top athletes such as Johann Mühlegg over time. In the same year he was standard bearer of the German delegation at the opening of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Even during his time he married the biathlete Petra Schaaf. Meanwhile, the couple has separated again.

From 2002 to March 2012 was Behle coach of the German cross-country skiers. Under him, the German cross-country skiing had its most successful period so far at all. So won his protégés René Sommerfeldt 2004, Axel Teichmann and Tobias Angerer 2005 in 2006 and 2007 the overall World Cup cross-country skiing.

At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver coached by him German cross-country skiing team has been successful. Tobias Angerer won on 20 February 2010, the silver medal in the double tracking on 2 x 15 km. Also picked up a silver medal Axel Teichmann and Tim Tscharnke on 22 February 2010 at the Team Sprint. On the same day won in the same discipline Evi Sachenbacher - Stehle and Claudia Nystad the gold medal.

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