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Chris Klebl

Nordic Skiing
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Canada’s Chris Klebl completed a shock victory at Sochi 2014, crossing the men’s 10km cross-country sitting finish line in first place.

His performance was an incredible upturn in form, having finished far away from the medals at the 2013 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Solleftea, Sweden, just 12 months before.

Now ranked amongst the top cross-country skiers in the world, behind Ukraine’s Maksim Yarovyi, Klebl’s comeback from an abysmal 2013 Worlds started with two wins in the 2014 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup.

That cemented his potential shown in 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, where he topped the podium in the men’s 15km cross-country sitting and won silver in the 1km sprint.

Klebl was born in Germany as a US citizen, competing for America at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010. However in 2011, he made the switch to Canada who he will be flying the flag for at the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing World Championships inFinsterau, Germany.

Results

Unit Date Rank
Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games (Torino, Italy)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 5 km Sitski Final Round 23
Men's 10 km Sitski Final Round 18
Men's 15 km Sitski Final Round 11
Men's 1x3.75/2x5 km Relay Open Final Round 6
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 1 km Sprint Sitting Qualification 9
Men's 10 km Sitting Final Round 16
Men's 15 km Sitting Final Round 8
IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships Solleftea (Solleftea, Sweden)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Sprint - Classic Sitting Final 2013-02-25 13
Men's Long Distance - Classic Sitting Final 2013-02-26 19
Men's Middle Distance - Classic Sitting Final 2013-03-05 21
Paralympic Winter Games 2014 (Sochi, Russia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 15 km Sitting Final Round 2014-03-09 6
Men's 1 km Sprint Sitting Semifinal 2014-03-12 7
4x2.5 km Open Relay Final Round 2014-03-15 4
Men's 10 km Sitting Final Round 2014-03-16 1
2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships Cable (Cable, United States of America)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Long Distance - Free Style Sitting Race 1 2015-01-25 4
Men's Sprint - Classic Sitting Race 1 2015-01-28 13
Men's Middle Distance - Classic Sitting Race 1 2015-01-31 5
Mixed Relay Final 2015-02-01 4
Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games (Pyeongchang, South Korea)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 15km Sitting Final 2018-03-11 8
Men's 1.1km Sprint Sitting Final 2018-03-14 11
Men's 7.5km Sitting Final 2018-03-17 6
4x2.5km Mixed Relay Final 2018-03-18 2