- Tobias Angerer
Tobias Angerer (born
April 12 ,1977 inTraunstein ) is a Germancross country skier , and skies with theSC Vachendorf club. He graduated from the SkigymnasiumBerchtesgaden in 1996. His occupation is "Sports Soldier". Angerer has been competing since 1996.Angerer became number 18 in 1996 in his first big event, the 10K classical at the
FIS World Junior Championships inAsiago ,Italy . The next year he took a 26th place on the 30km freestyle and a 28th place on the 10K classical at the World Junior Championships inCanmore ,Canada .His first victory in the FIS World Cup came on
January 6 2004 inFalun ,Sweden , when he won the 2 x 15 km double pursuit in front of Italy'sPietro Piller Cottrer .Angerer goes by the name Toby rather than Tobias. He has won the overall FIS World Cup twice, first in 2005/2006 and again in 2006/2007. The first year he won ahead of
Jens Arne Svartdal in the second place andTor Arne Hetland in the third. In the 2006/2007 event, Angerer beat number two,Russia 'sAlexander Legkov with 551 points andEldar Rønning finished in third position.At the
2006 Winter Olympics inTurin , he won a bronze medal in the 15 km classical interval start event and a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km relay.In 2007 Angerer became the first winner of
Tour de Ski men's event, winning by 46.4 seconds over Alexander Legkov. Angerer has three medals at theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships , with two silvers (4 x 10 km relay: 2005, 15 km + 15 km double pursuit: 2007) and one bronze (15 km: 2007). Angerer has 22 World Cup podiums and nine World Cup victories, four of the wins which were in 2 x 15 km double pursuit, three in 30 km, one in 15 km skate, and one in 15 km classic.Other
Angerer is managed by
M.S. Sportmarketing GmbH , which also manageMichael Greis ,Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle , andRené Sommerfeldt .Trivia
His hobbies include
soccer ,tennis ,concerts andgolf .Angerer's favourite bands areKorn ,System of a Down ,P.O.D andSportfreunde Stiller .External links
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