Viola Bauer

Viola Bauer
Birth date	13 December 1976 (age 49)
Birth place	Annaberg-Buchholz, East Germany
Club	SWV Goldlauter
Seasons	9 – (1999–2007)
Wins	0
Totalpodiums	1
Teamwins	5
Teampodiums	11
Individual starts	119
Team starts	29
Wcoveralls	0 – (16th in 2007)
Wctitles	0

Viola Bauer (born 13 December 1976) is a retired German cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2007. She has won a complete set of medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold (2002) and a silver (2006) in the 4 × 5 km relay, and a bronze in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit (2002).

Bauer also has a complete set of 4 × 5 km relay medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003, a silver in 2007, and a bronze in 1999. Her best individual finish at the World Championships was sixth in the Individual sprint event in 2005.

Bauer had eleven individual wins at various levels from 1998 to 2007. She retired following the 2006-07 World Cup season.^[1] She now works as a commentator for Eurosport.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).^[2]

Olympic Games

3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km relay	Team sprint
2002	25	10	—	Bronze	6	—	Gold
2006	29	10		—	—	—	Silver	5

World Championships

3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

Year	Age	5 km	10 km	15 km	Pursuit	30 km	Sprint	4 × 5 km relay	Team sprint
1999	22	29		—	24	—		Bronze
2001	24		13	13	18	CNX	—	4
2003	26		—	DNS	18	—	—	Gold
2005	28		—		13	11	6	4	4
2007	30		—		21	23	16	Silver	—

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

Season	Age	Discipline standings					Ski Tour standings
Season	Age	Overall	Distance	Long Distance	Middle Distance	Sprint	Tour de Ski
1999	22	66		NC		45
2000	23	55		—	NC	36
2001	24	35				38
2002	25	21				15
2003	26	20				34
2004	27	43	36			37
2005	28	32	28			29
2006	29	18	14			25
2007	30	16	18			26	10

Individual podiums

1 podium

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;\| Place
1	2006–07	11 March 2007	Lahti, Finland	10 km Individual C	World Cup	3rd

Team podiums

5 victories – (4 RL, 1 TS)
11 podiums – (9 RL, 2 TS)

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;\| Place	Teammate(s)
1	2001–02	10 March 2002	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Henkel / Künzel / Sachenbacher
2	2002–03	24 November 2002	Kiruna, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Henkel / Künzel / Sachenbacher
3		8 December 2002	Davos, Switzerland	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	3rd	Henkel / Sachenbacher / Künzel
4		19 January 2003	Nové Město, Czech Republic	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Henkel / Künzel / Sachenbacher
5		26 January 2003	Oberhof, Germany	6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint F	World Cup	3rd	Böhler
6		23 March 2003	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Henkel / Künzel / Sachenbacher
7	2003–04	11 January 2004	Otepää, Estonia	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Henkel / Sachenbacher / Künzel
8	2003–04	7 February 2004	La Clusaz, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	2nd	Henkel / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel
9	2004–05	23 January 2005	Pragelato, Italy	6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C	World Cup	1st	Künzel
10	2006–07	17 December 2006	La Clusaz, France	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Böhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle
11	2006–07	25 March 2007	Falun, Sweden	4 × 5 km Relay C/F	World Cup	1st	Böhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle

References

^ FIS Newsflash 122. April 11, 2007.
^ "Athlete : BAUER Viola". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

External links

Official website (in German)