Tobias Angerer
Tobias Angerer ( born April 12, 1977 in Traunstorf, the district of Traunstein ) is a former German cross country skier who competed for the SC Vachendorf. Angerer won in 2006 and 2007 the overall standings of the World Cup cross-country skiing and discipline rating for distance races. At the World Championships and Olympic Games, he won a total of eleven medals in his career.
- 3.1 Individual
- 3.2 Team
Life
Angerer comes from a winter sports-loving family. His uncle Anton Angerer was a member of the German national biathlon team. Also sister Kathrin Angerer was for many years active cross-country skier. In 1996 he graduated from the High School at Skigymnasium Berchtesgaden. Since then, he belongs to the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Berchtesgaden.
Angerer is dating a lawyer and former biathlete Romy Large. In September 2008, they became parents of a daughter. A year later, married young and Angerer. In August 2011, Romy gave birth to a son. The couple live with United 's daughter from a previous relationship and their two children in Traunstein.
Sporting career
Early years ( 1993-2001 )
He grew up on the cross-country ski enthusiastic sportsman (football, tennis, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing ) was already at the age of two years on cross-country skis. Breakfast could Angerer celebrate youth and junior level, many national successes. He won a total of six German Championship titles between 1993 and 1997. In 1996 he took part in his first international competition at the Junior World Championships in Asiago. When victory by Per Elofsson 10-kilometer classic, he finished just behind Lukas Bauer, the 18th Place. With the season he missed out on a medal, finishing in fourth place. A year later in Canmore it handed over the 10 km classic only for 28th place. Even the 30 km free style he could only occupy the 26th place. With the season he reached the seventh place. In the 1997/98 season Angerer started for the first time in the seniors and celebrated his first league titles (season ). Internationally, he started in cross-country European Cup. His best result was eighth place about 15 km classic in Breitenwang.
After good results in the European Cup at the start of the 1998/99 season Angerer was first used on December 27, 1998 at the Cross Country World Cup. During the sprint in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, he reached the finals and was recorded as 22, his first World Cup points. However, in the distance competitions he could not keep up with the world leaders. His best result was the 65th place in Seefeld 10-kilometer freestyle. At the end of the season he finished third in the overall standings of the European Cup. In the 1999/2000 season Angerer was achieved together with Peter Schlickenrieder in the sprint relay at the World Cup in Asiago only the third World Cup victory of a German general. In the 2000 /01 season Angerer won the overall title of the European Cup for, among others, by his first win and several podium finishes. At the end of the season he succeeded in Kuopio, Finland on the rare spilled distance of 60 kilometers freestyle with number 17 his best result so far in the World Cup.
Breakthrough (2001 to 2005)
The sporting breakthrough in the world's top managed Tobias Angerer in the 2001/ 02 season. Direct to the start of the season, he finished in Kuopio first place over a distance of 10 km freestyle. A month later he was able to rejoice in Ramsau with tenth place 30 km free style ( mass start ) on his first top ten result. During the sprint in Val di Fiemme, he managed fifth place his best season result. These good results secured him a place in the German squad for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Together with Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schlütter and René Sommerfeldt Angerer won the bronze medal in the relay competition, and thus the first medal of the German men's relay at all. In the sprint competition, he reached the semi-finals, finishing in seventh place in the final result. In pursuit of competition, it was enough for the 23th Place and the 30 km free style ( mass start ) for 33rd place. After numerous good results especially in sprint competitions succeeded Angerer at the end of the season to advance in a distance competition in the world's best. About 50 km freestyle in Oslo, he finished sixth. At the end of the season he could produce a 14th place in the overall ranking of cross-country skiing World Cup and thus a starting place in the red group. In addition, he won three German league title.
In the following season, Angerer could fix in the enlarged world leaders. The Pursuit competition in Ramsau he succeeded behind Axel Teichmann and Anders Sodergren his first podium finish in a singles competition in the World Cup. This result he was able to repeat the sprint in Reit im Winkl. Together with René Sommerfeldt, he finished second in the team sprint in Asiago. The Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 in Val di Fiemme began Angerer but with a bitter disappointment. The tracking competition he finished only 60th as of 67 runners. In the subsequent sprint competition, however, he reached the final, but was beaten and missed the other three runners in fourth just under his first international single medal. About 50 km freestyle in turn handed it to only a 36th place. In the overall World Cup standings, Angerer has improved by one place compared to the previous season and finished in the final 13th place.
On January 6, 2004 Angerer celebrated in the pursuit competition in Falun his first World Cup victory. In a competitive race he won the sprint from the Italian Pietro Piller Cottrer, René Sommerfeldt and Jens Filbrich. After numerous other good finishes, he finished at the end of the season in the World Cup, which was won by Sommerfeldt, fourth. This result he was able to repeat in the following season 2004/ 05. In the discipline rating distance race he rose to third overall. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf, however, managed Angerer again not to confirm the results from the World Cup in a single competition. Before a home crowd, he took over the 15-kilometer freestyle the 19th Place. Also in the pursuit competition it held to a 17th place. But in the relay competition he was finally able to win the hoped medal with the German team. Angerer struggled as the third leg in the team from ninth to fourth place before. Cage rotor Axel Teichmann won with the fastest time on his lap in the final sprint against Russia the silver medal behind the World Champion Season from Norway.
Highlights ( 2005-2010 )
In the season 2005 /06, Angerer continuously fought for places in the top ten. He achieved eight podiums, including five World Cup victories (Oberstdorf, Val di Fiemme, Canmore, Vernon and Kuusamo ). Thus he secured sovereign victory in the overall standings of the World Cup cross-country skiing. In the final account Angerer had 829 points, while the runner Norwegian Jens Arne Svartedal was able to record only 577 points to his credit. After Sommerfeldt and Teichmann Angerer was the third German to have won the overall World Cup. Also the evaluation of the distance competitions he won this season in itself. The highlight of the season was the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. The Pursuit competition of the series winner of the season could not keep up with the leading group and finished a disappointing twelfth place for him in the end. Over a distance of 15 kilometers to classic Angerer but secured behind the Estonian Andrus Veerpalu and Lukas Bauer, the bronze medal. This was the first international medal in an individual competition for Angerer. In the relay, the German team was able to build on the successful track record in recent years. Cage rotor Angerer secured in the final sprint against Sweden Mathias Fredriksson outgrew the silver medal behind the victorious Italian squadron, which before domestic audience. In the concluding mass start competition over 50 km freestyle Angerer could only occupy the 24th place.
Angerer Socialize in the season 2006/07 to his winning the pre-season and ran again in the World Cup eight times on the podium. Among the four World Cup victories (La Clusaz, Changchun Falun ), which he was able to celebrate this season, was the victory at the inaugural Tour de Ski. At the end of the season had Angerer with 1131 points, more than twice as much counter to his credit than second placed Russian Alexander Legkow. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo Angerer could be placed in all of his five starts in the top four. About the 50 km classic, in the relay and in the team sprint, which he played together with Axel Teichmann, he missed the jump in fourth respectively on the podium. In pursuit competition, he was beaten in the final sprint only Axel Teichmann. His second medal he won about 15 km freestyle. This contest was marked by heavy snowfall, the disabled especially strong as the top 30 runners in the World Cup standings. Behind the Norwegian biathletes and surprise world champion Lars Berger and the hitherto unknown Belarusians Leanid Karnijenka he won the bronze medal.
The season 2007/ 08 was for Angerer as for the majority of the German team, which had changed its training, disappointing. At the beginning of the season he could still repeatedly placed among the top ten, but was at the Tour de Ski just 14 and reached to the middle and end of the season only placements around the 20th Place. At the end of the season was only the 16th place in the overall World Cup for the outstanding runners in the last two years. A conciliatory end of the season he succeeded at the Military World Championships in Hochfilzen / Fieberbrunn. The sport soldier respectively won the silver medal in the individual competition over 15 miles behind Vincent Vittoz and in the team competition with Tom Reichelt and Benjamin Seifert. At the beginning of the 2008/09 season Angerer could not build on his earlier success so far. Although he won the internationally very well occupied Competition Preparation in Muonio, but for the season opener in Gällivare was only the 30th place. After numerous setbacks due to illness, among other things, the task of the Tour de Ski 2008/2009 forced him, he answered with a win at the World Cup in Rybinsk about 15 km Freestyle ( mass start ) in the world rankings back. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec Angerer both silver in the team sprint as well as together with Jens Filbrich, Franz Göring and Axel Teichmann silver medal in the 4x10 km relay. On the final day of the championships to win bronze Angerer over the 50 km freestyle. He finished the season as the 15th in the overall World Cup. In the overall standings of the distance races, he finished ninth. Angerer focused in the season 2009/10 all of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. After moderate results in the first Wetlcupwettbewerben he secured a surprise second place in the sprint in Rogla nomination for the Olympic Games. As in the previous year he had the Tour de Ski cold- conditioned quit after the fifth stage. Angerer renounced the next World Cup competitions and instead denied the marathon Cup scoring Dolomitenlauf, where he took second place. In Vancouver, he won the first race over 15 km freestyle seventh place. On February 20, 2010, he won the double pursuit behind the Swede Marcus Hellner the silver medal. With the German squadron, however, he could not win the medal and hoped for came as the final runners to sixth place finish. In the final competition on 50 km classic ( mass start ) Angerer belonged to the very end in the top group. In the final sprint but he had to Petter Northug, Axel Teichmann and Johan Olsson ( skiers ) to admit defeat, finishing in fourth place. At the end of the season Angerer came with the second place on the penultimate stage of the World Cup finals his best season placement in a distance race. He finished the season in 14th place in the overall World Cup.
Last years (2010 to 2014)
After the 50 - km race on March 8, 2014 in Oslo Tobias Angerer finished his active career. Previously, he had taken part in the Olympic Games in Sochi for the fourth time, where he finished in 15th place in the Skiathlon.
World Cup wins
Singles
Team
1 with Jens Filbrich, Axel Teichmann and René Sommerfeldt 2 Andreas Schlütter, Jens Filbrich and Axel Teichmann 3 with Jens Filbrich, Franz Göring and Axel Teichmann
Political commitment
In December 2009, Angerer was active as a testimonial for the Initiative New Social Market Economy. He was involved as part of a PR campaign for the statement " social market economy makes it better ... because it is the drive, the top performance possible. "
Awards
- Carrier of the Silver Laurel leaf
- Election to the Winter Star 2007 and 2009 for Best male athlete of the spectators of the Bavarian Radio and the readers of Bild Zeitung
- Nordicum choice for Nordic Ski King of the Year for the 2006/07 season by international sports journalists Forum