Mario Stecher

Mario Stecher (born 17 July 1977, in Eisenerz) is an Austrian former Nordic combined skier. Competing in six Winter Olympics, he won three medals in the 4 x 5 km team event with two golds (2006, 2010) and a bronze (2002). Stecher's best individual finish was fifth in the 10 km individual normal hill event at Vancouver in 2010.

Mario Stecher

Stecher in 2018
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Turin 4 x 5 km team
Gold medal – first place2010 Vancouver 4 x 5 km team
Bronze medal – third place2002 Salt Lake City 4 x 5 km team
Bronze medal – third place2014 Sochi 4 x 5 km team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Oslo4 x 5 km team normal hill
Gold medal – first place2011 Oslo4 x 5 km team large hill
Silver medal – second place1999 Ramsau7.5 km sprint
Silver medal – second place2001 Lahti4 x 5 km team
Silver medal – second place2013 Val di Flemme10 km normal hill
Bronze medal – third place1997 Trondheim4 x 5 km team

He won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with two gold, three silvers (7.5 km sprint: 1999, 4 x 5 km team: 2001) and a bronze (4 x 5 km team: 1997).

Stecher has a total of nine World Cup victories since 1994, including the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival that same year. Being 16 years old, he was the youngest winner on the Holmenkollen. - On February 27, 2015, he announced his retirement, after he wasn't nominated by the Austrian Ski Federation to compete in the FIS Nordic Skiing World Championships 2015 in Falun.

He is married to Carina Raich since 2008.

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