Claudia Nystad ( Künzel, born 1 February 1978) is a German top-level woman
cross-country skier. She was born in
Zschopau,
East Germany
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, and represents the sports club
WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal. Besides her civilian sports career, she serves as a sports soldier with the
German Federal Armed Forces.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 6 medals – (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
World Championships
* 5 medals – (1 gold, 4 silver)
:a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
*4 victories – (2 , 2 )
*26 podiums – (21 , 5 )
Team podiums
* 7 victories – (4 , 3 )
* 26 podiums – (17 , 9 )
Personal life
On June 27, 2005, Künzel married
Trond Nystad from
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
, ex-coach of the American cross-country ski team.
In the summer of 2007, Künzel donated her gold medal from the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...
to benefit th
'Hansel und Gretel' foundation(
Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" (; ) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' (KHM 15).
Hansel and Gretel are siblings who are abandoned in a forest and fall into the hands of a witch ...
in German) committed to helping abused children.
[FIS Newsflash 135. July 11, 2007.]
Honours and awards
* Saxon Sportswoman of the Year (2007 and 2010)
*
Silver Bay Leaf (2002, 2006 and 2010)
* Badge of Honour of the German Ski Association in Gold (2010)
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Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold (2004)
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Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr
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(2002)
References
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1978 births
Living people
People from Zschopau
Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
German female cross-country skiers
Tour de Ski skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Recipients of the Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr
Skiers from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
21st-century German sportswomen