Johannes Rydzek

John Rydzek (born 9 December 1991 in Oberstdorf) is a German nordic combined.

Career

Already fourteen- year Rydzek was first used in October 2005 in a FIS race, however, he finished only 52nd. Next year, he could not achieve better placement than a 32nd place in this division club race. For this he was fifth in 2007 a ​​junior race in March, the same year he managed a 13th place in a FIS race. In 2007 he was also German youth champion in singles competition. In January 2008 Rydzek finally managed his first podium finish in a FIS race, when he first came in fourth in the Gundersen method, and then even second in the sprint in Baiersbronn. Now put him the German Association as C- Squad athlete in B- World Cup, where he Sixteenth was in his first competition. This result he improved in March of the year by he placed on sixth place in iron ore. He also won the overall title of the Germany Cup and both titles at the German Youth Championships.

Also in the summer of 2008 Rydzek successfully took part in the Summer Grand Prix, where he finished sixth at a station. He also celebrated a double victory in October at the Alpine Cup in his hometown. Since the World Cup athlete Christian Beetz turned out injured early in the season 2008/ 09, Rydzek was nominated as an athlete from the C squad for him for the season opener in Kuusamo and reached there surprising a 15th place. During the season, he managed to establish itself in the World Cup and repeatedly place in the points. His best result of the season he reached in Vikersund, where he was able to place in the top ten for the first time as a seventh. At the Junior World Championship 2009 in Slovakia Štrbské Pleso, he won the bronze medal with the team and the silver medal in the regular individual competition.

At the Junior World Championships 2010 in Hinterzarten Rydzek won with the team. In the individual competitions over 5 or 10 kilometers, it came to fourth place respectively. In the team competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won together with Björn Kircheisen, Eric Frenzel and Tino Edelmann on 23 February 2010, the bronze medal. In the individual competition on the normal hill he was 28 at the end of the season, he finished in 25th place in the overall World Cup standings.

In the season 2010/11 he was able to establish with several top ten results finally in the world rankings. At the World Cup in Ramsau he celebrated his first podium finish in third place. At the Junior World Championships in Estonia Otepaeae he won the world title on the ten- kilometer distance. In the competition over five kilometers, he won the silver medal. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo 2011 Rydzek won silver with the team in both team competitions, as well as in the individual decision of the large hill. Here he sat down in the final sprint against his compatriot Eric Frenzel through, but was beaten nearly to the French Olympic champion Jason Lamy Chappuis. On 12 March 2011, he won the season finale at Lahti his first World Cup race when he again sat down in a sprint against Frenzel. In the overall World Cup he achieved his best to date with placing sixth. On 14 October 2011 Rydzek was named Junior Sportsperson of the Year 2011.

In the World Cup season 2011/12 Rydzek ever reached the podium with the team and in singles. In the winter of 2012/13 he won for the first time in a World Cup race with the team and with Eric Frenzel in a team sprint.

In October 2013 he won after 2010 and 2011 for the third time the German championship. The following winter he was able to place in the World Cup races usually in the top five, three times stood at the end of the second rank to book. There were also a third place in the team sprint and the victory of the German team in the team competition on January 25, 2014 in Oberstdorf. At the Olympic Games in Sochi, he reached the sixth place in the competition on the normal hill. After jumping over the large hill he fought in the long run with four competitors for the win, but collided in the last corner with teammate Fabian Rießle and came to fall, so he finished only eighth place. In team competition, he won the silver medal with Eric Frenzel, Björn Kirch iron and Fabian Rießle. In the first competition after the games Rydzek won on February 28, 2014 for the second time a single competition in the World Cup, as again in 2011 in Lahti. Also in the next two World Cups in Norway he wins. At the end of the season John Rydzek finished second in the overall standings to second place behind Eric Frenzel.

Achievements

• Vancouver 2010: 28 Gundersen NH, 3rd team
• Sochi 2014: 2nd Team, 6th Gundersen NH, 8 Gundersen LH

• Oslo 2011: 2 Gundersen LH, Gundersen NH 4, 2 LH Team, 2nd Team NH
• Val di Fiemme 2013: 10 Gundersen LH, Gundersen NH 30

• Single: 9 podiums including 4 victories

• Team: 9 podiums including 3 victories

• Placements in the Overall World Cup:

Awards

• 2011: Junior Athlete of the Year
• 2011: " Winter Star " (Bavarian Radio )
• 2009: " Elite Student of the Year"