Martin Echtler (born 14 January 1969) is a German

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. He also competes in

mountain running Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more ...

. Echtler was born in

Peiting Peiting is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Lech, 3 km southeast of Schongau, and 17 km west of Weilheim in Oberbayern. Transport The municipality has two ra ...

. His sister Christine Echtler-Schleich is also member of the German skimountaineering team.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

* 2003: ** 5th,

Mountain Attack The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and the ...

race * 2004: ** 1st, Dammkarwurm race ** 2nd, Mountain Attack race * 2005: ** 3rd, German Championship single ** 3rd, Mountain Attack ** 10th,

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

(together with Wolfgang Panzer and

Franz Graßl Franz Graßl (born 7 March 1965) is a German ski mountaineer. Graßl was born in Berchtesgaden. He is member of the Berchtesgaden branch of the German Alpine Club (DAV) and the Bergwacht. He was member of the German ski-mountaineering team until ...

) * 2006: ** 2nd, German Championship single ** 5th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Franz Graßl and Georg Nickaes) * 2007: ** 1st, German Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

** 2nd, German Championship single ** 1st, Mountain Attack ** 4th,

Sellaronda The Sellaronda is the ski circuit around the Sella group in Northern Italy. The Sella massif lies between the four Ladin valleys of Badia, Gherdëina, Fascia, and Fodom and is divided between the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino and Bellu ...

Skimarathon (together with Heinz Verbnjak)Goldenes Buch ''Sellaronda Skimarathon''
/ref> ** 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Steurer,

Konrad Lex Konrad Lex (born 7 December 1974 in Eggenfelden, Lower Bavaria) is a German ski mountaineer. He is a member of the DAV section Gangkofen and of the national team. Lex studied at Munich University of Applied Sciences. Selected results * 2005: ...

and

Stefan Klinger Stefan Klinger (born 24 April 1978) is a German ski mountaineer. Klinger was born in Anger. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team. Selected results * 2003: ** 1st, Predigtstuhl race ...

) * 2008: ** 2nd, German Championship team * 2010: ** 9th,

relay race (together with Konrad Lex,

Andreas Strobel Andreas Strobel (born 13 May 1972) is a German ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker. Strobel was born in Selb, and started bike sports as condition training in 1991. After bad results at the "Ronda Extrema" race in Riva del Garda in 1997, h ...

and

Alexander Schuster Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

)

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2006: 7th (and 2nd "seniors II" ranking) as well as German record,

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the ca ...

("seniors II" ranking), together with Franz Graßl and Toni Steurer * 2010: 9th ("ISMF men" ranking), together with Konrad Lex and

Josef Rottmoser Josef "Seppi" Rottmoser (born 7 February 1990) is a German ski mountaineer. Rottmoser was born in Rosenheim. He started ski mountaineering in 2000, and competed first in 2007. Selected results * 2010: ** 9th (" ISMF men" ranking), Patrouille ...

Mountain running

* 2004: ** 1st, Zugspitzlauf'' (

Zugspitze The Zugspitze (), at above Normalhöhennull, sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the Austria–Germany border runs over ...

run'') * 2006: ** 1st, Zugspitzlauf * 2007: ** 1st, Zugspitzlauf * 2008: ** 1st, Zugspitzlauf''8th Zugspitze run''
(German).

External links

Martin Echtler
at ''skimountaineering.com''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Echtler, Martin 1969 births Living people German male ski mountaineers People from Weilheim-Schongau Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria