Andreas Hartmann (born 29 January 1980) was a

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Nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he had his best overall finish of seventh in the 4 x 5 km team event at Nagano in

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and eighth in the 7.5 km sprint event at Salt Lake City in

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. Hartmann's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 24th in the 15 km individual event at Lahti in

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. His best World Cup finish was third in a 15 km individual event in Norway in 1997. Hartmann's best individual career finish was second on five occasions at various levels and distances from 1997 to 2003.

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