Viola Bauer

{{Short description|German cross-country skier (born 1976)}}

{{Infobox skier

| name = Viola Bauer

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| nationality = {{GER}}

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1976|12|13}}

| birth_place = Annaberg-Buchholz, East Germany

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height =

| club = SWV Goldlauter

| seasons =9 – (19992007)

| wins = 0

| totalpodiums = 1

| teamwins =5

| teampodiums =11

| individual_starts = 119

| team_starts =29

| wcoveralls = 0 – (16th in 2007)

| wctitles =0

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Women's cross-country skiing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}}

{{MedalGold|2002 Salt Lake City |4 × 5 km relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2006 Turin |4 × 5 km relay}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Salt Lake City|5 km + 5 km
combined pursuit
}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2003 Val di Fiemme|4 × 5 km relay}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Sapporo | 4 × 5 km relay}}

{{MedalBronze|1999 Ramsau|4 × 5 km relay}}

}}

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.FIS Newsflash 122. April 11, 2007. She now works as a commentator for Eurosport.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).{{cite web |url=https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=3407&type=result |title=Athlete : BAUER Viola |author= |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=4 February 2018}}

=Olympic Games=

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

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! 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;"|  Sprint 

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 4 × 5 km 
 relay 

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  Team 
 sprint 

20022510bgcolor="cc9966"| Bronze6style="background:gold;"| Gold{{n/a}}
20062910{{n/a}}style="background:silver;"| Silver|5

=World Championships=

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

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! 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;"|  5 km 

! 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;"|  Sprint 

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"| 4 × 5 km 
 relay 

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|  Team 
 sprint 

19992229{{n/a}}24{{n/a}}bgcolor="cc9966"|Bronze{{n/a}}
200124{{n/a}}131318{{Abbr|CNX|Cancelled}}{{ref label|cancelled|a|1
} || — || 4 || {{n/a}}

|-

| 2003 || 26 || {{n/a}} ||— ||{{Abbr|DNS|Did not start}} ||18|| —|| — || style="background:gold;"|Gold || {{n/a}}

|-

| 2005 || 28 ||{{n/a}} ||—||{{n/a}}||13 || 11 || 6 || 4 || 4

|-

| 2007 || 30 ||{{n/a}} || || {{n/a}}||21 ||23 || 16 || style="background:silver;"|Silver || —

|-

|}

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:a. {{note label|cancelled|a|1}} Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

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=World Cup=

==Season standings==

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! 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;" colspan="5" |Discipline standings

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" colspan="1" |Ski Tour standings

style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Overall

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Distance

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Long Distance

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Middle Distance

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Sprint

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:75px;"|Tour de
Ski

19992266{{n/a}}{{Abbr|NC|Not classified}}{{n/a}}45{{n/a}}
20002355{{n/a}}{{Abbr|NC|Not classified}}36{{n/a}}
20012435{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}38{{n/a}}
20022521{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}15{{n/a}}
20032620{{n/a}}{{n/a}}{{n/a}}34{{n/a}}
2004274336{{n/a}}{{n/a}}37{{n/a}}
2005283228{{n/a}}{{n/a}}29{{n/a}}
2006291814{{n/a}}{{n/a}}25{{n/a}}
2007301618{{n/a}}{{n/a}}2610

==Individual podiums==

  • 1 podium

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! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| No.

! style="background-color:#369; color:white;"| Season

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Date

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Location

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Race

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Level

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place

align=center|1rowspan=1 align=center| 2006–07 align=right| 11 March 2007align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Lahti, Finland10 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd

==Team podiums==

  • 5 victories – (4 {{Abbr|RL|Relay}}, 1 {{Abbr|TS|Team Sprint}})
  • 11 podiums – (9 {{Abbr|RL|Relay}}, 2 {{Abbr|TS|Team Sprint}})

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! 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:190px;"| Location

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:170px;"| Race

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white; width:100px;"| Level

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;| Place

! style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"| Teammate(s)

align=center|1rowspan=1 align=center| 2001–02 align=right| 10 March 2002align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdHenkel / Künzel / Sachenbacher
align=center|2rowspan=5 align=center| 2002–03 align=right| 24 November 2002align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kiruna, Sweden4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndHenkel / Künzel / Sachenbacher
align=center|3align=right| 8 December 2002align=left| {{flagicon|SWI}} Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdHenkel / Sachenbacher / Künzel
align=center|4bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 19 January 2003align=left| {{flagicon|CZE}} Nové Město, Czech Republicbgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 4 × 5 km Relay C/Fbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cupbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1stHenkel / Künzel / Sachenbacher
align=center|5align=right| 26 January 2003align=left| {{flagicon|GER}} Oberhof, Germany6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup3rdBöhler
align=center|6bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 23 March 2003align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Swedenbgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 4 × 5 km Relay C/Fbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cupbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1stHenkel / Künzel / Sachenbacher
align=center|7rowspan=2 align=center| 2003–04 align=right| 11 January 2004align=left| {{flagicon|EST}} Otepää, Estonia4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndHenkel / Sachenbacher / Künzel
align=center|8align=right| 7 February 2004align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} La Clusaz, France4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndHenkel / Reschwam Schulze / Künzel
align=center|9rowspan=1 align=center|2004–05bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 23 January 2005align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Pragelato, Italybgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint Cbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cupbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1stKünzel
align=center|10rowspan=2 align=center|2006–07bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 17 December 2006align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} La Clusaz, Francebgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 4 × 5 km Relay C/Fbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cupbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1stBöhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle
align=center|11bgcolor="#BOEOE6" align=right| 25 March 2007align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Falun, Swedenbgcolor="#BOEOE6"| 4 × 5 km Relay C/Fbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|World Cupbgcolor="#BOEOE6"|1stBöhler / Künzel-Nystad / Sachenbacher-Stehle

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