Stefan Klinger (born 24 April 1978) 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 ...

. Klinger was born in

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. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team.

Selected results

* 2003: ** 1st, Predigtstuhl race * 2004: ** 6th,

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 ...

** 11th,

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 Tim Stachel,

Gerhard Reithmeier Gerhard Reithmeier (born 26 June 1977) from Bergen is a German ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2001: ** German record time, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Georg Nickaes and Matthias Robl) * 2004: ** 4th, German Championship ** 11th, World C ...

and Toni Steurer)including six penalty minutes because of forgotten material * 2005: ** 4th, German Championship single ** 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Steurer,

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 ...

and

Georg Nickaes Georg "Schorsch" Nickaes (born 12 June 1971) is a German ski mountaineer and speaker of the German ski mountaineering team. Nickaes was born in Bad Reichenhall. He enjoys also mountain running and ice climbing, and finished the army mountain gui ...

) ** 5th, Mountain Attack * 2007: ** 3rd, German Championship single ** 3rd, 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 ...

** 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

Martin Echtler Martin Echtler (born 14 January 1969) is a German ski mountaineer. He also competes in mountain running. Echtler was born in Peiting. His sister Christine Echtler-Schleich is also member of the German skimountaineering team. Selected results ...

) * 2008: ** 1st, German Championship team ** 6th,

relay race (together with Toni Steurer,

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 Konrad Lex) ** 8th (and 6th in the "international men" ranking),

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 can ...

(together with Toni Steurer and Franz Graßl)

External links

Stefan Klinger
at ''skimountaineering.com''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klinger, Stefan 1978 births Living people German male ski mountaineers People from Berchtesgadener Land Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria