{{Short description|German cross-country skier}} {{Infobox skier | name = Jochen Behle | image = | nationality = {{GER}} | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Korbach, West Germany | height = | club = SC Monte Kaolino Hirschau | seasons =15 – (1982–1984, 1986, 1988–1998) | wins = 1 | totalpodiums = 5 | teampodiums = 0 | individual_starts = 93 | team_starts = 20 | wcoveralls = 0 – (4th in 1990) | wctitles =0 }} '''Jochen Behle''' (born 7 July 1960 in Korbach, Hesse) is a former (West) German cross-country skier who competed from 1980 to 1998.
Competing in six Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay at Lillehammer in 1994 and his best individual finish of 11th in the 10 km event at those same games.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/jochen-behle-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417081227/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/jochen-behle-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Jochen Behle Olympic Results |accessdate=28 June 2019}}</ref>
Behle's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the 10 km event at Falun in 1993. His only World Cup victory was in a 50 km event in Canada in 1989.
In West Germany, the phrase ''"Wo ist Behle?"'' ("Where is Behle?") became famous when during a TV broadcast of the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, the commentator couldn't find Behle and worriedly repeated this question.<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/2006/07/Behle_07 Article] in "Die Zeit", 9 February 2006 {{in lang|de}}</ref>
==Cross-country skiing results== All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).<ref name="FISprofile">{{cite web |url=https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&listid=&competitorid=3750|title=Athlete : BEHLE Jochen |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref> ===Olympic Games=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; background:#ffffff;" ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Year ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"| Age ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 10 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 15 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Pursuit ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 30 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 50 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 4 × 10 km <br> relay |- | 1980 || ''19'' ||{{n/a}}|| 12 || {{n/a}}|| — || — || 4 |- | 1984 || ''23'' || {{n/a}}|| {{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} ||{{n/a}}|| 15 ||{{Abbr|DNS|Did not start}}|| 6 |- | 1988 || ''27'' || {{n/a}}|| 23 ||{{n/a}}|| 23 ||—|| 7 |- | 1992 || ''31'' || 24 || {{n/a}} ||{{Abbr|DNS|Did not start}} || 15 ||—|| 6 |- | 1994 || ''33'' || 11 ||{{n/a}} ||14 || — || {{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} || 4 |- | 1998 || ''37'' || 40 ||{{n/a}} ||{{Abbr|DNS|Did not start}} || {{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} || — || 8 |- |}
===World Championships=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; background:#ffffff;" ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;"| Year ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;"| Age ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 10 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 15 km <br> classical ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 15 km <br> freestyle ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| Pursuit ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 30 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 50 km ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 4 × 10 km <br> relay |- | 1982 || ''21'' || {{n/a}} || 7 ||{{n/a}} ||{{n/a}} || 17 || — || 6 |- | 1987 || ''26'' || {{n/a}} || — ||{{n/a}} ||{{n/a}} || 23 || — || 11 |- | 1989 || ''28'' || {{n/a}} || 46 || 6 ||{{n/a}}|| 8 || DNF || 10 |- | 1991 || ''30'' || 15 ||{{n/a}} || — ||{{n/a}} || 11 || — || 10 |- | 1993 || ''32'' || 5 ||{{n/a}} ||{{n/a}} || 9 || 9 || — || 5 |- | 1995 || ''34'' || 7 ||{{n/a}} ||{{n/a}} || — || 10 ||— || 7 |- | 1997 || ''36'' || 19 ||{{n/a}} ||{{n/a}} || {{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} || — || {{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}||6 |- |}
===World Cup=== ====Season standings==== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; background:#ffffff;" ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:60px;" rowspan="2" | Season ! style="background-color:#369; color:white; width:40px;" rowspan="2" | Age |- ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Overall ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Long Distance ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Sprint |- | 1982 || ''21'' ||6 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1983 || ''22'' ||24 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1984 || ''23'' || 24 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1986 || ''25'' ||15 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1988 || ''27'' || 43 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1989 || ''28'' || 21 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1990 || ''29'' || 4 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1991 || ''30'' || 37 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1992 || ''31'' || 19 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1993 || ''32'' || 24 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1994 || ''33'' || 27 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1995 || ''34'' || 22 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1996 || ''35'' ||36 || {{n/a}} || {{n/a}} |- | 1997 || ''36'' ||26 ||55 || 22 |- | 1998 || ''37'' || 58 || {{Abbr|NC|Not classified}} ||47 |- |}
====Individual podiums==== *1 victory *5 podiums {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; background:#ffffff;" |- ! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No. ! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:120px;"| Date ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:200px;"| Location ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:160px;"| Race ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Level ! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place |- | align=center|1 || rowspan=1 align=center|''' 1981–82 '''|| align=right| 19 March 1982 || align=left| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia || 15 km Individual || World Cup || 3rd |- | align=center|2 || rowspan=1 align=center|''' 1983–84 '''|| align=right| 10 December 1983 || align=left| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Reit im Winkl, West Germany || 15 km Individual || World Cup || 3rd |- | align=center|3 || rowspan=3 align=center|''' 1989–90 '''|| align=right| 9 December 1989 || align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Soldier Hollow, United States || 15 km Individual C || World Cup || 3rd |- | align=center|4 || bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 17 December 1989 || align=left| {{flagicon|CAN}} Canmore, Canada || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 50 km Individual C|| bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cup || bgcolor="#BOEOE6"|'''1st''' |- | align=center|5|| align=right| 25 February 1990 || align=left| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Reit im Winkl, West Germany || 30 km Individual F ||World Cup || 3rd |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIS cross-country skier|3750}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080208204602/http://torino2006.coni.it/index.php?id=staffetta_4x10_km_uo Olympic 4 x 10 km relay results: 1936-2002] {{in lang|it}} * {{Olympics.com|jochen-behle}} * {{Olympedia}}
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