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Axel Teichmann

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Axel Teichmann, born on 14 July 1979, is a German cross-country skiing coach and former skier. He took up the sport at the age of ten, finished school at Bad Lobenstein and Oberhof, and from 1998 was supported by the German armed forces as a military athlete. He competed at the 2002, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, missing 2006 through illness, and won a silver medal in the team sprint with Tim Tscharnke at Vancouver in 2010. He won the overall World Cup in the 2004-05 season and holds eight World Championship medals, two of them gold. He announced his retirement immediately after the 50 km freestyle race at Sochi in 2014.

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Birth Year
1979 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
Gold Medals
0 1
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Source Olympedia: Axel Teichmann at Olympedia
Source Olympedia: Axel Teichmann at Olympedia
Source Olympedia: Axel Teichmann at Olympedia

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Nordic Skiing, Sports
Source Axel Teichmann (Wikipedia)
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is a German cross-country skiing coach and former skier
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1. Olympedia: Axel Teichmann at Olympedia
Olympedia
  • Biographical information
    Sex Male
  • Biographical information, born
    Born 14 July 1979
  • Medals, Olympic Games, total
    OG Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
  • Competed In: 2002 Winter Olympics, Results, 2002 Winter Olympics
    2002 Winter Olympics Cross Country Skiing
  • Competed In: 2010 Winter Olympics, Results, 2010 Winter Olympics
    2010 Winter Olympics Cross Country Skiing
  • Competed In: 2014 Winter Olympics, Results, 2014 Winter Olympics
    2014 Winter Olympics Cross Country Skiing
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Axel Teichmann (Wikipedia)
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    is a German cross-country skiing coach and former skier
  • Plays: Nordic Skiing, Lead
    is a German cross-country skiing coach and former skier
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