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Michael Greis
Personal information
Full name	Michael Greis
Date of birth	August 18, 1976 (1976-08-18) (age 33)
Place of birth	Füssen,  Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Professional information
Club	SK Nesselwang
World Cup
Seasons	2001-
Wins	11
Additional podiums	20
Total podiums	31
Infobox last updated on: January 23, 2010

Medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Men's biathlon
Winter Olympics
Gold	2006 Turin	20 km individual
Gold	2006 Turin	4×7.5 km relay
Gold	2006 Turin	15 km mass start
World Championships
Gold	2008 Östersund	Mixed relay
Gold	2007 Antholz-Anterselva	15 km mass start
Gold	2004 Oberhof	4×7.5 km relay
Silver	2007 Antholz-Anterselva	20 km individual
Silver	2005 Hochfilzen	20 km individual
Bronze	2009 Pyeongchang	4×7.5 km relay
Bronze	2009 Pyeongchang	mixed relay
Bronze	2008 Östersund	4×7.5 km relay
Bronze	2007 Antholz-Anterselva	4×7.5 km relay
Bronze	2005 Khanty-Mansiysk	Mixed relay

Michael Greis (born August 18, 1976, in Füssen, Bavaria) is a German triple Olympic gold medalist in biathlon.

Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon.

Greis won the World Cup in the individual category in 2004/05, and was a member of the winning 4×7.5 km relay team in the 2004 Biathlon World Championships, and took silver in the individual 20 km category at the 2005 World Championships.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Greis came into the games heading the World Cup standings and took the first Olympic gold of the games with victory in the individual 20 km ahead of the defending Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjørndalen. He was also a member of the German team that won the 4×7.5 km relay.

On February 25, 2006, Greis won the men's 15 km event and became the first person to capture three gold medals at the Turin Olympic Games. (Koreans Jin Sun-Yu and Ahn Hyun Soo became the second and third later on the same day with victories in short track speed skating.)

Greis was named German sportsman of the year, along with fellow biathlete Kati Wilhelm, by journalists.^[1]

In the 2006/07 World Cup season, Greis won the Overall and the Sprint competition.

Achievements

• Winter Olympics
  • 2006 3x Gold (Individual, Mass Start, Relay)

• Biathlon World Championships
  • 2004 1x Gold (Relay)
  • 2005 1x Silver (Individual), 1x Bronze (Mixed relay)
  • 2007 1x Gold (Mass start), 1x Silver (Individual), 1x Bronze (Men's relay)
  • 2008 1x Gold (Mixed relay)
  • 2009 2x Bronze (Mixed relay, Men's relay)

• Biathlon World Cup
  • 1 Overall winner (2006/07)
  • 11 victories

References

External links

• Official website of Michael Greis

Awards
Preceded by Ronny Ackermann	German Sportsman of the Year 2006	Succeeded by Fabian Hambüchen