At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi he won the bronze medal in the &lt;a href="Nordic%20combined%20at%20the%202014%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Individual%20large%20hill/10%20km"&gt;individual large hill/10 km&lt;/a&gt; competition. He became 9th in the ski jumping and started 56 seconds behind the leader, teammate Eric Frenzel. Rießle joined the leading group by mid-distance, and at the finish line became third. Six days earlier, in the &lt;a href="Nordic%20combined%20at%20the%202014%20Winter%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Individual%20normal%20hill/10%20km"&gt;individual normal hill/10 km&lt;/a&gt; event he finished 8th. On 20 March 2014, Rießle together with Björn Kircheisen, Johannes Rydzek, and Eric Frenzel won the silver medal in the team event.