Eric FRENZEL

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Volleyball, music, spending time with family.

Athlete, Sport soldier, Student

Studies Economics Engineering at the University of Mittweida (GER), which he is going to finish after his sporting career. (skideutschland.de; Athlete, Sep 2021)

Wife, Laura Frenzel (married September 2014). Three children, Philipp (born 2007), Leopold (born 2015), and Emma (born 2017). Father, Uwe. Mother, Silke. Brother, Hannes.

German, English

SSV Geyer

Team: Hermann Weinbuch (GER)
Personal: Frank Erlbeck (GER)

Father Uwe Frenzel (Biathlon)
Brother Hannes Frenzel (Cross-country skiing)

2007 World Cup in Lago di Tesero (Normal hill/10km - 44th)

2000: Brain/head trauma after a crash in Oberwiesenthal.

2004

Introduced to the sport by his father. He took his first ski jump at age six at his local club in Geyer, Germany in 1994/95. By 2002, he was attending an elite winter sports school in Oberwiesenthal. (Info 2018; skideutschland.de; erzgebirge-gedachtgemacht.de)

His efforts have been rewarded year after year, so he's always had something to celebrate. "My very first World Cup win in my first year, my first world title in Oslo, the gold medal at the Games in Sochi. All are unforgettable memories. To experience these moments of emotion is the reason I love this sport, and give it my all." (uvex-sports.com)

Goal for 2021/22: To be in good shape for the Olympic Winter Games and to contend for the gold medal.
Career goals: To win an Olympic gold medal in large hill individual and to set the record for World Cup victories (Currently 48, set by Finn Hannu Manninen). "There is one medal missing in my personal collection, and one record in the World Cup that I want to reach." (Athlete, 2021)

"I've had a lot of good and happy moments in my career. It is not easy to say which was the best highlight. Every success was a special moment." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

Biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR), considered one of the all-time most successful winter sport athletes. Won eight Olympic gold medals between Nagano 1998 and Sochi 2014 (as well as four silvers and one bronze). Between 1998 and 2016, he won 20 World Championships gold medals.

Cross-country skier Bjoern Daehlie (NOR), who won eight Olympic gold and four silver medals between Albertville 1992 and Nagano 1998. Also won nine gold, five silver, and three bronze medals at the World Championships between 1991 and 1999. (Athlete, Sep 2021)

"I don't want to have any rituals in my sport, because if you don't have them on a big day, you begin with a negative feeling." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

His desire for success continues. “I will keep getting better. This ambition comes from inside. It’s simply there. I can control it, and use it, as I already enjoy doing, and turn it into victory. Nordic combined athletes train all year round because winter winners are made in summer." (uvex-sports.com)

Opening Ceremony Flagbearer (2018)
Golden Ski from the German Ski Association (2017)
Holmenkollen medal (2014)
Silver Laurel Leaf (2014)
Walking route named in his honour by the town of Oberwiesenthal, Germany. The route goes past a memorial stone, a luge track and a ski jump.