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Born July 7, 1969 (age 55) • Chemnitz • Germany
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Armin Zöggeler
Italian luger
André Lange
German bobsleigh driver
Tatjana Hüfner
German luger
Hackl, Georg
Georg Hackl
German luger
Thomas Köhler
German luger
Kjetil Andre Aamodt
Norwegian skier
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
Wickenheiser, Hayley
Hayley Wickenheiser
Canadian hockey player
Yang Yang
Chinese skater
The greatest biathlete
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Norwegian biathlete
Plushchenko, Yevgeny
Yevgeny Plushchenko
Russian figure skater
Raich, Benjamin
Benjamin Raich
Austrian skier
Shaun White
Shaun White
American snowboarder
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Janica Kostelić
Croatian skier
Simon Ammann
Swiss ski jumper
Pärson, Anja
Anja Pärson
Swedish skier
Cindy Klassen
Canadian skater
Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety
American skier