Jens Deimel (born 14 September 1972 in

Winterberg Winterberg ( Westphalian: ''Winnenmerg'') is a town in the Hochsauerland district of North Rhine-Westphalia, central Germany and a major winter sport resort of the Wintersport Arena Sauerland. Geography Winterberg is located in the middle of ...

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) is a former

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skier who competed from 1992 to 2002. He won a bronze medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the

1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 took place 19–28 February 1993 in Falun, Sweden, for the third time (1954, 1974). This event saw the creation of the combined pursuit where competitors would skate one distance in the classical interval ...

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and had his best individual finish of 15th twice at the championships (1999 – 15 km individual, 2001 - 7.5 km sprint). Competing at the

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, he finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km team event. Deimel's bet individual career finish was 3rd on three occasions (1992, 1993, 1994).

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