# Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (German pronunciation:; born 27 November 1980) is a retired German cross-country skier and biathlete from Reit im Winkl who has competed since 1998. She was born in Traunstein, West Germany. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won five medals with two golds (Team sprint: 2010, 4 × 5 km relay: 2002) and three silvers (Individual sprint: 2002, 4 × 5 km relay: 2006, 2010).
Sachenbacher-Stehle has also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (4 × 5 km relay: 2003) and four silvers (5 km + 5 km double pursuit: 2003, team sprint: 2007 with Claudia Künzel-Nystad, 4 × 5 km relay: 2009) and a bronze. She also has fourteen individual victories at various levels in distances up to 5 km in her career from 1998 to 2006.
She received a five-day suspension at the beginning of the 2006 Winter Olympics due to a high hemoglobin level. She was one of twelve athletes given five-day suspensions for health reasons – the International Ski Federation decided they could not safely compete due to an abnormally high red blood cell counts.
From the 2012/2013 season, she switched to biathlon, citing motivational problems, and was given a slot in the German B-team. Members of the B-team are eligible to compete in IBU Cup races. Her results in the IBU-Cup made her eligible to compete in the Biathlon World Cup. In her first World Cup race, on 14 December 2012 in Pokljuka, Sachenbacher-Stehle finished 59th. On 6 January 2013 she achieved the first IBU Cup podium, finishing second in the 7.5 km sprint in Otepää. As of January 2014, her best individual performance in a World Cup race remains sixth place in 7.5 km sprint in Sochi on 10 March 2013. She finished fourth in the 12.5 kilometre mass start biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games on 17 February 2014.
On 21 February 2014, it was confirmed that Sachenbacher-Stehle had tested positive for methylhexanamine during the Sochi Olympic Games. She was stripped of her Olympic accreditation, and her results were annulled. In July 2014, she was banned for two years for doping. In November 2014 it was announced that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had ruled that her ban should be cut to six months after she appealed, on the grounds that her failed test was due to contamination of food supplements. However shortly afterwards she announced her retirement from the sport in an interview on the television programme Sportschau.
She married German alpine skier Johannes Stehle in July 2005.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

* 5 medals – (2 gold, 3 silver)
| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km  relay | Team  sprint |
| 2002 | 21 | — | 18 | 12 | — | Silver | Gold | — |
| 2006 | 25 | 20 | — | — | 13 | — | Silver | 5 |
| 2010 | 29 | 12 | — | 11 | 4 | — | Silver | Gold |

### World Championships

* 6 medals – (1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km  relay | Team  sprint |
| 1999 | 18 | 23 | — | — | 25 | — | — | Bronze | — |
| 2001 | 20 | — | — | 31 | — | CNX | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 22 | — | — | — | Silver | 6 | 5 | Gold | — |
| 2005 | 24 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| 2007 | 26 | — | 6 | — | 4 | — | — | Silver | Silver |
| 2009 | 28 | — | — | — | 13 | DNS | — | Silver | 7 |
| 2011 | 30 | — | — | — | 13 | 13 | — | — | 5 |
    a. $^1$ Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

### World Cup
#### Season standings

| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | Ski Tour standings | Ski Tour standings |
| Season | Age | Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening | Tour de Ski | World Cup Final |
| 1999 | 19 | 44 | — | 40 | — | 51 | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 20 | 29 | — | 48 | 54 | 38 | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 21 | 43 | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 16 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 23 | 4 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 24 | 11 | 12 | — | — | 13 | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 25 | 14 | 13 | — | — | 31 | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 26 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 27 | 9 | 14 | — | — | 18 | — | 8 | — |
| 2008 | 28 | 10 | 10 | — | — | 11 | — | 8 | 17 |
| 2009 | 29 | 17 | 17 | — | — | 29 | — | DNF | 8 |
| 2010 | 30 | 16 | 13 | — | — | 39 | — | DNF | 13 |
| 2011 | 31 | 60 | 40 | — | — | NC | DNF | — | — |
| 2014 | 34 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |

#### Individual podiums

* 3 victories – (3 WC)
* 12 podiums – (12 WC)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
| 1 | 2001–02 | 27 December 2001 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | 0.7 km Sprint F | World Cup | 1st |
| 2 | 2002–03 | 23 November 2002 | Kiruna, Sweden | 5 km F Individual | World Cup | 1st |
| 3 | 2002–03 | 12 February 2003 | Reit im Winkl, Germany | 1.0 km Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 4 | 2002–03 | 22 March 2003 | Falun, Sweden | 5 km + 5 km C/F Pursuit | World Cup | 2nd |
| 5 | 2003–04 | 29 November 2003 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F Pursuit | World Cup | 3rd |
| 6 | 2003–04 | 24 February 2004 | Trondheim, Norway | 1.5 km Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 7 | 2005–06 | 15 December 2005 | Canmore, Canada | 10 km F Individual | World Cup | 3rd |
| 8 | 2005–06 | 8 March 2006 | Falun, Sweden | 5 km + 5 km C/F Pursuit | World Cup | 1st |
| 9 | 2005–06 | 11 March 2006 | Oslo, Norway | 30 km F Mass Start | World Cup | 3rd |
| 10 | 2005–06 | 19 March 2006 | Sapporo, Japan | 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F Pursuit | World Cup | 3rd |
| 11 | 2007–08 | 1 March 2008 | Lahti, Finland | 1.2 km Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 12 | 2009–10 | 1 March 2008 | Rybinsk, Russia | 7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F Pursuit | World Cup | 2nd |

#### Team podiums

* 7 victories – (4 RL, 3 TS)
* 25 podiums – (19 RL, 6 TS)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
| 1 | 1998–99 | 26 February 1999 | Ramsau, Austria | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Championships | 3rd | Bauer / Roth / Wille |
| 2 | 2001–02 | 10 March 2002 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Henkel / Bauer / Künzel |
| 3 | 2002–03 | 24 November 2002 | Kiruna, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Henkel / Bauer / Künzel |
| 4 | 2002–03 | 8 December 2002 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Henkel / Bauer / Künzel |
| 5 | 2002–03 | 19 January 2003 | Nové Město, Czech Republic | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Bauer / Henkel / Künzel |
| 6 | 2002–03 | 19 January 2003 | Asiago, Italy | 6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Künzel |
| 7 | 2002–03 | 23 March 2003 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Henkel / Bauer / Künzel |
| 8 | 2003–04 | 23 November 2003 | Beitostølen, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Henkel / Böhler / Künzel |
| 9 | 2003–04 | 7 December 2003 | Dobbiaco, Italy | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Künzel |
| 10 | 2003–04 | 14 December 2003 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Böhler / Henkel / Künzel |
| 11 | 2003–04 | 11 January 2004 | Otepää, Estonia | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Henkel / Bauer / Künzel |
| 12 | 2003–04 | 15 February 2004 | Oberstdorf, Germany | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Künzel |
| 13 | 2004–05 | 24 November 2004 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Henkel |
| 14 | 2004–05 | 21 November 2004 | Gällivare, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Böhler / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel |
| 15 | 2004–05 | 12 December 2004 | Lago di Tesero, Italy | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Henkel / Künzel / Böhler |
| 16 | 2005–06 | 20 November 2005 | Beitostølen, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Henkel / Böhler / Künzel |
| 17 | 2005–06 | 15 February 2004 | Sapporo, Japan | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Künzel-Nystad |
| 18 | 2006–07 | 19 November 2006 | Gällivare, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Henkel / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad |
| 19 | 2006–07 | 17 December 2006 | La Clusaz, France | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Böhler / Bauer / Künzel-Nystad |
| 20 | 2006–07 | 25 March 2007 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Bauer / Böhler / Künzel-Nystad |
| 21 | 2007–08 | 25 November 2007 | Beitostølen, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad |
| 22 | 2007–08 | 9 December 2007 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Henkel / Zeller / Böhler |
| 23 | 2007–08 | 24 February 2008 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Böhler / Zeller / Künzel-Nystad |
| 24 | 2009–10 | 1 March 2008 | Rybinsk, Russia | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Böhler |
| 25 | 2009–10 | 7 March 2010 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Fessel / Zeller / Gössner |
Note: $^1$ Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

#### Overall record

| Result | Distance Races | Distance Races | Distance Races | Distance Races | Distance Races | Distance Races | Sprint | Ski Tours | Individual Events | Team Events | Team Events | All Events |
| Result | ≤ 5 km | ≤ 10 km | ≤ 15 km | ≤ 30 km | ≥ 30 km | Pursuit | Sprint | Ski Tours | Individual Events | Team Sprint | Relay | All Events |
| 1st place | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 2nd place | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 3rd place | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 5 | 10 |
| Podiums | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 12 | 6 | 19 | 37 |
| Top 10 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 9 | – | 17 | 19 | 3 | 81 | 12 | 28 | 121 |
| Points | 13 | 61 | 17 | 11 | – | 27 | 63 | 4 | 196 | 14 | 29 | 239 |
| Others | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 14 | – | 31 | – | – | 31 |
| DNF | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| Starts | 18 | 69 | 19 | 12 | – | 29 | 77 | 8 | 232 | 14 | 29 | 275 |
    a. $^1$ Classification is made according to FIS classification.
    b. $^1$ $^2$ $^3$ $^4$ $^5$ Includes individual and mass start races.
    c. $^1$ Includes pursuit and double pursuit races.
Note: Until 1999 World Championships, World Championship races are part of the World Cup. Hence results from the 1999 World Championships are included in the World Cup overall record.

## Biathlon results
### Olympic Games

| Event | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay |
| 2014 Sochi | 20th | 11th | 27th | DSQ | — | DSQ |