Johann Mühlegg
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Medal record
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Johann Mühlegg (born 8 November 1970 in
Early career
Mühlegg participated for Germany in the
Competing for Spain
After being ejected from the national team after the 1998 Nagano Games, his good relations with members of the Spanish cross-country skiing team, in particular Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Cuevas and Haritz Zunzunegui, opened the door for Mühlegg to obtain Spanish citizenship.
In late 1999, competing for Spain, he won a
In the
Mühlegg finished first in the 50 km classical race held on the final Saturday of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games on 23 February 2002 but was disqualified from that race and was expelled from the Games the next day, after testing positive for
Doping controversy
Following the darbepoetin scandal, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) initially let Mühlegg keep his gold medals from the first two races. But in December 2003 a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found that these medals should also be withdrawn. The CAS remitted this case as well as similar ones involving Olga Danilova and Larisa Lazutina (both from Russia) to the IOC Executive Board, which confirmed the rulings in February 2004.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
Olympic Games
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1992 | 21 | 31 | — | 16 | — | 7 | — | 6 |
1994 | 23 | 17 | — | 8 | 9 | — | — | 4 |
1998 | 27 | 27 | — | 17 | — | 7 | — | 8 |
2002 | 31 | — | — | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | — | — |
World Championships
- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
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1991 | 20 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
1993 | 22 | 44 | — | 17 | — | 6 | — | 5 |
1995 | 24 | 29 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — |
1997 | 26 | 24 | — | 19 | 6 | 23 | — | 6 |
2001 | 30 | — | 8 | Silver | — | Gold | — | — |
World Cup
Season standings
Season | Age | |||||
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Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | ||
1992 | 21 | 17 | — | — | — | — |
1993 | 22 | 19 | — | — | — | — |
1994 | 23 | 17 | — | — | — | — |
1995 | 24 | 28 | — | — | — | — |
1996 | 25 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
1997 | 26 | 26 | — | 16 | — | 41 |
1998 | 27 | 24 | — | NC | — | 15 |
2000 |
29 | — | 36 | |||
2001 | 30 | — | — | — | 36 | |
2002 | 31 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
Individual podiums
- 7 victories
- 12 podiums
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 1999–00 | 10 December 1999 | Sappada, Italy | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
2 | 9 January 2000 | Moscow, Russia | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
3 | 12 January 2000 | Nové Město, Czech Republic | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
4 | 5 February 2000 | Lillehammer, Norway | 10 km + 10 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 2nd | |
5 | 20 February 2000 | Transjurassienne , France |
72 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 1st | |
6 | 26 February 2000 | Falun, Sweden | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st | |
7 | 19 March 2000 | Bormio, Italy | 15 km Pursuit F | World Cup | 2nd | |
8 | 2000–01 | 16 December 2000 | Brusson, Italy | 10 km + 10 km Skiathlon C/F | World Cup | 2nd |
9 | 10 January 2001 | Soldier Hollow, United States | 30 km Mass Start F | World Cup | 1st | |
10 | 13 January 2001 | 10 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | ||
11 | 14 March 2001 | Borlänge, Sweden | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
12 | 2001–02 | 12 December 2001 | Brusson, Italy | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
See also
- Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
Notes
- ^ Traces of darbepoetin were found in a random urine test on 21 February. Before the 50 km race on 23 February, a random test for hemoglobin levels found Mühlegg above the limit; a second test five minutes later was below the limit, and he was allowed to compete. At the end of the race he came on extremely strong (and, as was later shown, unnaturally strong) to beat Mikhail Ivanov of Russia by 14.9 seconds.
References
- ^ "Johann Mühlegg: Skurril, schrullig, schräg". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2006.
- ^ "Athlete : MUEHLEGG Johann". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 14 March 2018.