Germany at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

Gold
Georg Hackl
Luge
Men's individual
9 February

Gold
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
Speed skating
Women's 3000 m
11 February

Gold
Silke Kraushaar
Luge
Women's individual
11 February

Gold
Nicola Thost
Snowboarding
Women's halfpipe
12 February

Gold
Stefan Krauße
Jan Behrendt
Luge
Men's doubles
13 February

Gold
Katja Seizinger
Alpine skiing
Women's downhill
16 February

Gold
Katja Seizinger
Alpine skiing
Women's combined
17 February

Gold
Hilde Gerg
Alpine skiing
Women's slalom
19 February

Gold
Uschi Disl
Martina Zellner
Katrin Apel
Petra Behle
Biathlon
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
19 February

Gold
Claudia Pechstein
Speed skating
Women's 5000 m
20 February

Gold
Ricco Groß
Peter Sendel
Sven Fischer
Frank Luck
Biathlon
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
21 February

Gold
Christoph Langen
Markus Zimmermann
Marco Jakobs
Olaf Hampel
Bobsleigh
Four-man
21 February

Silver
Heidi Renoth
Snowboarding
Women's giant slalom
10 February

Silver
Tatjana Mittermayer
Freestyle skiing
Women's moguls
11 February

Silver
Claudia Pechstein
Speed skating
Women's 3000 m
11 February

Silver
Barbara Niedernhuber
Luge
Women's individual
11 February

Silver
Uschi Disl
Biathlon
Women's 7.5 km sprint
15 February

Silver
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
Speed skating
Women's 1500 m
16 February

Silver
Sven Hannawald
Martin Schmitt
Hansjörg Jäkle
Dieter Thoma
Ski jumping
Men's team large hill (K120)
17 February

Silver
Martina Ertl
Alpine skiing
Women's combined
17 February

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Georg Hackl ( born 9 September 1966 ) is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion . He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds . Hackl was born in Berchtesgaden , Bavaria . He took up luge as part of his physical education lessons whilst at school , learning to slide at the Königssee track . Hackl was known for his rivalry with Markus Prock , with Prock being dominant in World Cup competition whilst Hackl consistently achieved success at the Winter Olympics . Although Hackl was not as natural an athlete as Prock , he was noted as being extremely skilled at setting up his sled to suit particular ice conditions on a given day . In addition his coach and former luger Thomas Schwab highlighted Hackl 's mental strength as being key to his success . He won his first Winter Olympic Games luge medal in 1988 in Calgary , when he finished second in the singles event , while placing fourth in the doubles . Four years later , he improved his performance to win the gold , a feat he repeated in 1994 and 1998 . In 1998 , he won the gold by clocking the fastest time in all four runs , the first in Olympic history in the men 's singles to do so ( Vera Zozula of the Soviet Union did that feat in the women 's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , New York ) . That year he was named as German Sportsman of the Year . Hackl won the silver medal again in the 2002 Games , becoming the first Winter Olympian to win a medal in five consecutive Winter Olympics .
Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of three events at Spiral . The competition took place between February 8 and February 11 , 1998 .
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann ( née Kleemann , born 7 September 1966 ) is a former German speed skater . She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist , winning the 3000 metres in 1992 and 1998 and the 5000 metres in 1992 . She won a total of eight Olympic medals .
Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics , was held from 8 to 20 February . Ten events were contested at M-Wave .
Silke Kraushaar-Pielach ( born Silke Kraushaar on 10 October 1970 in Sonneberg , Thuringia ) is a German luger who competed from 1995 to 2008 . In June 2008 , she was named sports manager for the luge section of Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland ( BSD - German bobsleigh , luge , and skeleton federation ) .
Nicola Thost ( born 3 May 1977 ) is a German snowboarder and Olympic champion . She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .
The snowboarding competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Mount Yakebitai and Kanbayashi Snowboard Park . The competition took place between February 8 and 12 , 1998 and featured four events : Men 's and Women 's giant slalom and halfpipe . This was the first Olympic appearance of snowboarding . Although a separate snowboard federation was established in 1994 , the International Ski Federation brought snowboard under its jurisdiction with encouragement from the IOC .
Stefan Krauße ( born 17 September 1967 in Ilmenau , Bezirk Suhl ) is an East German-German luger who competed from the mid-1980s to 1998 . Together with Jan Behrendt he won two Olympic gold medals ( 1992 , 1998 ) , one silver medal ( 1988 ) and one bronze ( 1994 ) in men 's doubles . In addition , they won eleven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with seven golds ( Men 's doubles : 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 ; Mixed team : 1991 , 1993 , 1995 ) and four silvers ( Men 's doubles : 1997 , Mixed team : 1989 , 1996 , 1997 ) . At the FIL European Luge Championships , they won a total of six medals with four golds ( Men 's doubles : 1996 , 1998 ; Mixed team : 1996 , 1998 ) and two bronzes ( Men 's doubles : 1990 , 1992 ) . They won the overall Luge World Cup men 's doubles title three times ( 1993-4 , 1994-5 , 1995-6 ) . Behrendt and Krauße retired after the 1998 Olympics . The same year they were proclaimed honorary citizens of Ilmenau .
Jan Behrendt ( born 29 November 1967 in Ilmenau , Bezirk Suhl ) is an East German-German luger who competed from the mid-1980s to 1998 . Together with Stefan Krauße he won two Olympic gold medals ( 1992 , 1998 ) , one silver medal ( 1988 ) and one bronze ( 1994 ) in men 's doubles . In addition , they won eleven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with seven golds ( Men 's doubles : 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 ; Mixed team : 1991 , 1993 , 1995 ) and four silvers ( Men 's doubles : 1997 , Mixed team : 1989 , 1996 , 1997 ) . At the FIL European Luge Championships , they won a total of six medals with four golds ( Men 's doubles : 1996 , 1998 ; Mixed team : 1996 , 1998 ) and two bronzes ( Men 's doubles : 1990 , 1992 ) . They won the overall Luge World Cup men 's doubles title three times ( 1993-94 , 1994-95 , 1995-96 ) . Behrendt and Krausse retired after the 1998 Olympics . The same year they were proclaimed honorary citizens of Ilmenau .
Katja Seizinger ( born 10 May 1972 ) is a former alpine ski racer , the most successful alpine racer from Germany . Born in Datteln , North Rhine-Westphalia , Seizinger won three Olympic gold and two bronze medals , and won eleven World Cup season titles : two overall , four downhill and five Super-G. She was a three-time winner of Germany 's sportswoman of the year award . With Olympic downhill victories in 1994 and 1998 , she became the first to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the same alpine speed event , and also the first woman to successfully defend an Olympic alpine title . At the same Olympics Debora Compagnoni had the same record in Giant Slalom , becoming the first athlete to win 3 gold medals in 3 Olympics in a row ( in 2 different speciality ) . Seizinger injured both knees while training in June 1998 , sat out the entire 1999 season , then retired in April .
Alpine Skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of ten alpine skiing events . The speed events were held at Hakuba and the technical events at Shiga Kogen . There were a number of race postponements due to weather ; the events began on 10 February and ended on 21 February .
Mathilde Gerg ( born 19 October 1975 in Lenggries , Upper Bavaria ) is a German former alpine skier . She was Olympic Champion in the Slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics , a highly surprising win as most of her career she was known as predominantly a speed specialist ; with 1998 being the one year of her career she was a top slalom contender with 2 wins and numerous podiums on the World Cup , finishing 3rd in points for the season . At the World Championships she was bronze medallist in Combined and Super-G at Sestriere 1997 , Bronze medallist in Super-G at St. Anton 2001 , and gold medallist in Nation Team Event at Bormio in 2005 . In 1994 Gerg was Junior World Champion and in 1997 and 2002 she won the World Cup in her favourite discipline , Super-G . Her 1997 Super G season title came due to decisive points leader Pernilla Wiberg going off course in the final Super G of the season . She also has twice won the combined season Crystal Globe , and twice narrowly missed the downhill season title , finishing 2nd in the points in both 2004 and 2005 . She was 2nd in the Overall title standings in 1999 , losing the Overall title to Alexandra Meissnitzer . Gerg retired from professional skiing , because of severe injuries , in November 2005 . Her cousin , Annemarie Gerg , was also a member of the German alpine ski team .
Ursula Uschi Disl ( born 15 November 1970 in Bad Tölz , West Germany ) is a German former biathlete . During her competitive career Disl was a 19-year veteran of biathlon and was a five time olympian , with two Olympic gold medals from the 4 × 7.5 km relays in 1998 and 2002 . She also has four silver medals ( two in 7.5 km sprint ( 1998 and 2002 ) , one in 4 × 7.5 km relay ( 1994 ) , and one in 3 × 7.5 km relay ( 1992 ) ) , and three bronze medals ( two in 15 km individual , 1994 and 1998 , and one in 12.5 km mass start , 2006 ) . She also has two World Championship individual titles , both won in Hochfilzen , Austria , in March 2005 , in the 7.5 km sprint and the 10 km pursuit . Dubbed Turbo-Disl by the German media , she lay second in the Biathlon World Cup table at the beginning of the Olympics behind fellow country-woman Kati Wilhelm , and finished fifth in the overall standings for the 2004/05 season . She has finished second overall three times in the Biathlon World Cup ( 1995/96 , 1996/97 and 1997/98 ) and has won forty World Cup races ( 28 single and 12 relay/team victories ) . This includes three wins at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with one in 1995 ( sprint ) and two in 1996 ( sprint , pursuit ) . 2006 was Disl 's last Olympics and her final season . On 18 December 2005 , Disl was named German sportswoman of the year , becoming the first biathlete awarded , and beating speed skater Anni Friesinger and discus thrower Franka Dietzsch . Since 2012 , she resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Sweden , and , like most German Nordic skiers , is in the military as a border patrol guard . They have two children .
Martina Zellner-Seidl ( born February 26 , 1974 in Traunstein ) is a former German biathlete . By the end of her career she had won one Olympic gold and six world championship medals , ( 2 gold , 1 silver and 3 bronze ) . In the World Cup she achieved 14 podium places with three victories . The best overall placing she achieved was in the 1997/98 season when she finished third .
Katrin Apel ( born 4 May 1973 in Erfurt ) is a retired German biathlete . 1.72 m ( 5 ft 8 in ) , 61 kg ( 134 lb ) . Apel now resides in Gräfenroda , and is a member of the SV Eintracht Frankenhain club . Like most German winter sport athletes , Apel is a sport soldier , performing normal soldier duties but released for training and competitions . Apel began her career as a cross country skier ; between 1990 and 1994 , her best results were third place in the junior World Championships 5 km classic in 1993 , and second in the relay also in the junior World Championships , in 1990 . However , when Apel failed to qualify for the Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994 , she made the decision ( along with her friend and then training partner Steffi ) to switch to biathlon . Apel began biathlon in 1994 in the European Cup , the second division to the World Cup . In Apel 's first season in the World Cup , 1995/96 , she placed 33rd , but her results improved from then on . In the 1998/99 season she placed 8th , in 1999/00 10th , 2000/01 12th . The 2001/02 season was her best when she finished the season in 5th place . In that season Apel placed 13th in the individual , 4th in the sprint , 4th in the pursuit , and 12th in the mass start . The year after she could only finish a lowly 20th place .
Petra Behle ( born Petra Schaaf on 5 January 1969 in Offenbach am Main ) is a former German biathlete .
Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events . They were held at Nozawa Onsen . The events began on 9 February and ended on 21 February 1998 .
Claudia Pechstein ( born 22 February 1972 ) is a German speed skater . She has won five Olympic gold medals . With a total of nine Olympic medals , five gold , two silver and two bronze , she was the most successful Olympic speed skater , male or female , of all-time , until the gold medal of Ireen Wüst in the 2018 Winter Olympics of PyeongChang , and also the most successful German Winter Olympian of all-time . After the World Championships in Norway in February 2009 , Pechstein was accused of blood doping and banned from all competitions for two years .
Ricco Groß ( also spelled Gross , born 22 August 1970 ) is a former German biathlete whose exploits made him one of the most successful biathletes of all time at the Winter Olympics and the World Championships .
Peter Sendel ( born 6 March 1972 ) is a former German biathlete . At the 1998 Olympics in Nagano , Sendel was a part of the German team that won the gold medal . Later he earned a relay silver medal from the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City . Sendel retired as a biathlete in 2004 .
Sven Fischer ( born 16 April 1971 ) is a former German biathlete . He trained with the WSV Oberhof 05 club , and was coached by Frank Ullrich and Fritz Fischer ( national coaches ) and Klaus Siebert ( club coach ) . After the 2006/07 biathlon season , he retired .
Frank Luck ( born 5 December 1967 ) is a former German and , before 1990 , East German biathlete .
Christoph Langen ( born 27 March 1962 , in Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German bobsledder who competed for the West German and German national team from 1985 to 2005 ( as a pilot from 1991 ) . Competing in four Winter Olympics , he won four medals with two golds ( Two-man : 2002 , Four-man : 1998 ) and two bronzes ( Two-man : 1992 , 1998 ) . Langen was slowed by injuries to his Achilles tendon , which required two surgeries . He attempted to compete for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , but his injuries proved too much . He was a bobsleigh television commentator in Germany until promoted to head coach of the German national team in June 2010 . Langen also won twelve medals at the FIBT World Championships with eight golds ( Two-man : 1993 , 1995 , 1996 , 2000 , 2001 ; Four-man : 1991 ( as a brakeman ) , 1996 , 2001 ) and four silvers ( Two-man : 1999 , 2004 ; Four-man : 2000 , 2004 ) . He also won the Bobsleigh World Cup combined event twice ( 1995-6 , 1998-9 ) , the two-man event three times ( 1995-6 , 1998-9 , 2003-4 ) , and the four-man event once ( 1998-9 ) .
Markus Zimmermann ( born 4 September 1964 in Berchtesgaden ) is a German former bobsledder who competed from 1984 to 2004 . Competing in four Winter Olympics , he won four medals with two golds ( Two-man : 2002 , Four-man : 1998 ) , one silver ( Two-man : 1992 ) , and one bronze ( Two-man : 1998 ) . He was born at Berchtesgaden , in southern Bavaria . Zimmerman also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with five golds ( Two-man : 1991 , 1996 , 2000 ; Four-man : 1996 , 2001 ) and three silvers ( Two-man : 1999 , 2004 ; Four-man : 2000 ) .
Marco Jakobs ( sometimes spelled Marco Jacobs [ citation needed ] , born 30 May 1974 in Unna , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German bobsledder who competed in the 1990s . At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , he won a gold medal in the four-man event with teammates Christoph Langen , Markus Zimmermann and Olaf Hampel . Jakobs also won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 2001 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz .
Olaf Hampel ( sometimes shown as Olav Hampel , born 1 November 1965 in Bielefeld , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German bobsledder who competed during the 1990s . Competing in two Winter Olympics , he won gold medals in the four-man event in both 1994 and 1998 . Hampel was also world champion in the two-man event in 1995 and in the four-man in 1996 . Family : He has a wife named Kirstine . They live in Nesslewang , Germany .
Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of two events at Spiral . The competition took place between February 16 and February 23 , 1998 .
Heidi Renoth ( born 22 February 1978 ) is a German snowboarder and Olympic medalist . She received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano .
Tatjana Mittermayer ( born July 26 , 1964 in Rosenheim , Bavaria ) is a German freestyle skier and Olympic medalist . She received a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , in moguls . She participated at the 1988 Winter Olympics moguls ( demonstration event ) , where she finished 1st . She participated at the 1992 Winter Olympics , finishing 4th , and at the 1994 Winter Olympics , finishing 6th .
The freestyle skiing competition of the 1998 Winter Olympics was held at Iizuna Kogen Ski Area . There were four events , taking place between 8 and 18 February 1998 .
Barbara Niedernhuber ( nicknamed Babsi , born 6 June 1974 in Berchtesgaden ) is a German luger who competed from 1994 to 2006 . She won two silver medals in the women 's singles event at the Winter Olympics ( 1998 ( she was beaten by 2 thousandths of a second by her teammate , Silke Kraushaar ) , 2002 ) . A favorite to make the 2006 Winter Olympics , she was upset at the national championships by Tatjana Hüfner in late 2005 . Niedernhuber also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with one gold ( Mixed team : 2004 ) , four silvers ( Women 's singles : 1999 , 2000 , 2004 , 2005 ) , and two bronzes ( Women 's singles : 2001 , 2003 ) . She also won three bronze medals in the women 's singles event at the FIL European Luge Championships ( 2000 , 2002 , 2006 ) . Niedernhuber won the overall Luge World Cup title in women 's singles in 2004-5 . Niedernhuber retired abruptly prior to the start of the 2006-07 World Cup season to a bacterial infection in her ankle joint that developed after surgery during the summer of 2006 .
Sven Hannawald ( born 9 November 1974 ) is a German former ski jumper , motor racing driver , and footballer . In ski jumping he competed from 1992 to 2004 , with his career best achievement being the winner of the 2002 Four Hills Tournament and becoming the first athlete in history to win all four events in the same tournament . He also finished runner-up twice in the World Cup season , winning four medals at the Ski Jumping World Championships , as well as three medals each at the Winter Olympics and Ski Flying World Championships . After retiring from ski jumping , Hannawald played football for Kreisliga club TSV Burgau , and drove for Callaway Competition in the ADAC GT Masters series .
Martin Schmitt ( German pronunciation : [ ˈmaʁtɪn ˈʃmɪt ] ; born 29 January 1978 ) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2014 . He is one of Germany 's most successful ski jumpers , having won the World Cup twice ; a gold medal at the Winter Olympics ; four gold medals at the World Championships ; and a ski flying world record . His and his countryman Sven Hannawald 's success further popularized ski jumping in Germany , and with particular help from cable TV station RTL , their coverage received great acclaim in the late 1990s and early 2000s .
Hansjörg Jäkle ( born 19 October 1971 ) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2002 . His career best achievement was winning a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer . He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay . His best individual finish at World Cup level was second in Bischofshofen on 6 January 1998 .
Dieter Thoma ( born 19 October 1969 ) is a West German/German former ski jumper .
Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of three events held from 11 February to 17 February , taking place at Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium .
Martina Maria Ertl-Renz ( born 12 September 1973 in Bad Tölz , Upper Bavaria ) is a German former alpine skier . She was two times world champion and also won several medals at Olympic Winter Games and World Championships .