Austrian Nordic combined skier (born 1979)
Michael Gruber (born 5 December 1979 in Schwarzach im Pongau ) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2008. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .
Gruber won two 4 x 5 km team event medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003 and a bronze in 2005. He has two individual career victories (1998: 7.5 km sprint, 2004: 15 km individual).
He retired after the 2007-08 season.
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3 x 10 km 4 x 5 km
1998 : Halldor Skard , Kenneth Braaten , Bjarte Engen Vik , Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR )
2002 : Jari Mantila , Hannu Manninen , Jaakko Tallus , Samppa Lajunen (FIN )
2006 : Michael Gruber , Christoph Bieler , Felix Gottwald , Mario Stecher (AUT )
2010 : Bernhard Gruber , David Kreiner , Felix Gottwald , Mario Stecher (AUT )
2014 : Magnus Moan , Magnus Krog , Jørgen Graabak , Håvard Klemetsen (NOR )
2018 : Vinzenz Geiger , Fabian Rießle , Eric Frenzel , Johannes Rydzek (GER )
2022 : Espen Andersen , Espen Bjørnstad , Jørgen Graabak , Jens Lurås Oftebro (NOR )
3 × 10 km
1982: East Germany
1984: Norway
1985: West Germany
1987: West Germany
1989: Norway
1991: Austria
1993: Japan
4 × 5 km
1995: Japan
1997: Norway
1999: Finland
2001: Norway
2003: Austria
2005: Norway
2007: Finland
2009: Japan
2011 (normal hill): Austria
2013 (normal hill): France
2015 (normal hill): Germany
2017 (normal hill): Germany
2019 (normal hill): Norway
2021 (normal hill): Norway
2023 (large hill): Norway