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Johannes Rydzek

Johannes Rydzek
Rydzek in 2019
CountryGermany
Born (1991-12-09) 9 December 1991 (age 32)
Oberstdorf, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Ski clubSC Oberstdorf
Personal best204.0 m (669.3 ft)
Oberstdorf, 17 March 2022
World Cup career
Seasons2008–
Indiv. starts260
Indiv. podiums43
Indiv. wins17
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual LH
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Team LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun Team NH
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Individual LH
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Team sprint
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Team NH
Silver medal – second place 2011 Oslo Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2011 Oslo Team NH
Silver medal – second place 2011 Oslo Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2015 Falun Team sprint
Silver medal – second place 2019 Seefeld Team NH
Silver medal – second place 2023 Planica Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Falun Individual LH

Johannes Rydzek (German pronunciation: [joˈha.nəs ˈʁʏ.t͡sɛk] ⓘ; born 9 December 1991) is a German nordic combined skier who has competed since 2006.

Career

He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

He won five World Cup races. His first win came in March 2011, in Lahti, Finland. Also, in 2011, at the World Championships, he finished second in the large hill Gundersen at Holmenkollen. The latest win, in Ruka, Finland, in 2014.[1]

Johannes Rydzek, jumping for the first time shortly before his fifth birthday, discovered his passion for Nordic sports at a young age. "I always went cross-country skiing with my parents. My dad was also a volunteer at the Four Hills Tournament, and that was also a reason why I always wanted to jump", the "Junior-Athlete of the Year 2011" remembers. As a child, he first started ski jumping and cross-country skiing separately from each other. Johannes, who made his World Cup debut in Kuusamo in 2008, is fascinated by the combination of speed and endurance that Nordic Combined has to offer.

At a young age, he can look back on some successes in his career, winning three silver medals at World Championships and a bronze and silver medal at Olympic Games. The resident of Oberstdorf, Germany, has another great achievement in his list of merits concerning the Summer Grand Prix. In the past four years, he has always been able to win at least one competition in front of his home crowd, crowning his success with the win of the overall SGP ranking in 2011. With four total World Cup victories, three in the past winter season of 2013/14, the young German has upped the ante and was hot on the heels of teammate Eric Frenzel, taking second place in the overall World Cup ranking.

2015 became the most successful in his career: Johannes Rydzek won 4 medals at World Championships in Falun. The result of 2 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal made him the most successful athlete at the Championships 2015.[2]

The last break-through of Johannes Rydzek in 2015 became his nomination for the main sports award in Germany: "Sportspersonality of the Year" (German: Sportler des Jahres) 2015, where he was announced as a winner together with the nordic combined team (nomination: Team of Year) and ranked as 3rd in personal voting by German broadcaster ZDF.

In October 2016 Johannes Rydzek wins his 6th title of German Champion in the town of Oberhof.[3][4]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Rydzek won a gold medal in the Individual Gundersen LH/10 km Cross-Country, finishing before his teammates Fabian Rießle and Eric Frenzel.[5] This also marked the first time since 1976 that three German athletes managed to secure medals in the same Nordic combined event at Olympic Games.[6] Rydzek managed to secure another gold medal in the Men's Team competition alongside Rießle, Frenzel and Vinzenz Geiger on 22 February.[7]

He was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal in 2021.[8]

Personal life

Rydzek is the brother of cross-country skier Coletta Rydzek.[9]

Record

Olympic Games

Event Normal hill Large hill Team relay
2010 28 — Bronze
2014 6 8 Silver
2018 5 Gold Gold
2022 5 28 —

World Championship

Year Individual LH Individual NH Team Team sprint/
Mixed team
2011 Silver 4 Silver Silver
2013 10 30 — —
2015 Bronze Gold Gold Silver
2017 Gold Gold Gold Gold
2019 9 8 Silver —
2021 17 28 — —
2023 16 — Silver —

World Cup

Individual victories

Season Date Location Discipline
2010–11 12 March 2011 Finland Lahti HS130 / 10 km
2013–14 28 February 2014 Finland Lahti HS130 / 10 km
6 March 2014 Norway Trondheim HS140 / 10 km
8 March 2014 Norway Oslo HS134 / 10 km
2014–15 29 November 2014 Finland Ruka HS142 / 10 km
2015–16 23 February 2016 Finland Kuopio HS127 / 10 km
2016–17 26 November 2016 Finland Ruka HS142 / 10 km
27 November 2016 Finland Ruka HS142 / 10 km
17 December 2016 Austria Ramsau HS98 / 10 km
21 January 2017 France Chaux-Neuve HS118 / 10 km
27 January 2017 Austria Seefeld HS109 / 5 km
28 January 2017 Austria Seefeld HS109 / 10 km
4 February 2017 South Korea PyeongChang HS140 / 10 km
5 February 2017  South Korea PyeongChang HS140 / 10 km
2017–18 26 November 2017 Finland Ruka HS142 / 10 km
4 March 2018 Finland Lahti HS130 / 10 km
2018–19 11 January 2019 Italy Val di Fiemme HS135 / 10 km

References

  1. ^ "Biography: Johannes RYDZEK". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Results: Johannes RYDZEK". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Deutsche Meisterschaften TEAM SPRINT". deutscherskiverband.de. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Official website". johannesrydzek.de. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Nordic Combined World Cup". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Final Report – XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Olympic Winter Games – Men's Team HS140/4x5 Km". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  8. ^ Bryhn, Rolf; Sundby, Jørn. "Holmenkollmedaljen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  9. ^ Jochen Klingovsky (29 November 2019). "Die Rydzeks leben ihre Passion". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2020.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Rydzek