Tobias Angerer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2006 Turin | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | 15 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 2005 Oberstdorf | 4 x 10 km | |
Tobias Angerer (born April 12, 1977 in Traunstein) is a German cross country skier, and skies with the SC Vachendorf club. He has been competing since 1996.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, he won a bronze medal in the 15 km classical interval start event and a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km.
Angerer who goes by the name Toby rather than Tobias currently leads the FIS World Cup standings, beating Norwegians Tor Arne Hetland and Jens Arne Svartedal who are second and third by 237 and 268 points respectively. Angerer also leads the distance standings, 287 points ahead on Frenchman Vincent Vittoz. However he does only rank 44th in the sprint standings, 550 points behind sprint leader Björn Lind.
Angerer has a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf in 2005. Angerer has six World Cup victories, three of which were in 2 x 15 km double pursuit, two in 30 km, and one in 15 km classic. He also has one second place. He has finished the last two seasons in fourth place.
[edit] Trivia
Angerer is managed by M.S. Sportmarketing GmbH, who also manage Michael Greis, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle, and René Sommerfeldt.
His favourite bands are Korn, System of a Down, P.O.D, and Sportfreunde Stiller.
His hobbies are soccer, tennis, concerts, golf, cinema, Internet, shopping, and meeting people.
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- FIS Profile
 |
This biographical article relating to sports in Germany is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 This article about a Winter Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories: German cross-country skiers | Olympic competitors for Germany | Competitors at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics | 1977 births | Living people | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic silver medalists for Germany | Olympic bronze medalists for Germany | German sportspeople stubs | Winter Olympic medalist stubs
