Felix Gottwald

Felix Gottwald is an Austrian Nordic combined athlete born on 13 January 1976 in Zell am See, who competed from 1994 until 2007 and returned to competition in 2009. He made his Olympic debut at the age of eighteen in the 15 km individual event at the 1994 Winter Olympics and went on to win Olympic medals at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Games, including golds in the 7.5 km sprint and the 4 by 5 km team event in 2006. With seven Olympic medals he is the most decorated Nordic combined skier in the history of the Winter Olympics, and his eleven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships are also the most for the discipline. He topped the World Cup standings in 2001.