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Release Date: 24.02.2010

Olympic Gold for Bernhard Gruber

The Austrian team around Bernhard Gruber – with David Kreiner, Felix Gottwald and Mario Stecher
– won Olympic gold thanks to a fantastic performance in the team event.

POWER HORSE athlete Bernhard Gruber said after the race: “I managed to set a good pace, everything fell into place. I always had extra reserves and did not do too much work
at the lead. The tactic worked out perfectly.”

Here a few facts on the successful POWER HORSE man Bernhard Gruber:

Born: 12 August 1982 in Schwarzach/St. Veit (Salzburg province, Austria)
Place of residence: Bad Hofgastein (Salzburg province, Austria)
Height, weight: 1,84 m, 69 kg

Biggest achievements to date:

Olympic Games: Team gold, 2010
World Championships: Team rank 5, 2009
World Cups: 2 wins

We would like to congratulate Bernhard Gruber wholeheartedly on his Olympic victory in the Nordic combined team event and wish him the best of luck for the remaining World Cup events!