Maria Gerboth - Nordic Combined
- Successes
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Vice Junior World Champion
2x Top 5 at Junior World Championships
10th place overall World Cup - Birthday
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06/19/2002
- Profession
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Armed forces athlete
- Club
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WSV Schmiedefeld
- Hobbies
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Paragliding, spending time with my cat
- Role model
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Eric Frenzel
- What's important to me
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Fairness in sports and to inspire younger athletes for my sport to keep the Nordic Combined alive, because I love this sport.
We may have been denied of our chance at the Olympics for the time being, but not of a strong partner. Thank you Viessmann!
Career
Maria dreams of taking part in the Olympic Games in her sport – Nordic combined. She takes up the sport at an early age and attends the sports boarding school in Oberhof so that she can train in the best possible way. Maria celebrates her international debut in 2016, and in 2019 competes in the Continental Cup for the first time. At the 2019 Junior World Championships in Lahti, she narrowly misses the podium in fourth place. Then, just a few days later, she takes her first podium finish in the Continental Cup with second place. In 2020, the Junior World Championships take place in Oberwiesenthal, Germany, and Maria wins the silver medal with the mixed team. In the following season, Maria celebrates her first World Cup start as well as her participation in the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf. She will also be taking part in the 2023 World Championships in Planica.
Silver medal in Oberwiesenthal
Maria mainly competes in the Continental Cup this season. At the Junior World Championships in Oberwiesenthal, the highlight of the season, she just misses the podium in the individual race with fourth place. However, just two days later she clinches second place together with the mixed team and the silver medal.
Premiere at World Cup & World Championship
The 2020/21 season is marked by firsts in the women’s Nordic combined and Maria is always there. In December 2020, the first World Cup takes place in Ramsau, Austria, followed by another highlight at the end of February 2021: The Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with the first women’s competition in the history of Nordic combined. Maria takes 19th place in the five kilometer race.
Top 10 in the World Cup
Maria regularly competes in the World Cup this season and several times places among the top 10. At the Junior World Championships in Zakopane, Poland she finishes with a strong seventh place.
World Cup participation again
Maria is also regularly among the top 15 in the World Cup this season. After the 2021 World Championships in Oberstdorf, she will also be competing at the 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica. There she finishes in a strong 9th place and shows her season's best performance at the climax.
Best World Cup result and top 10 in the overall World Cup
Maria can continue her steady development in the 2023/24 season. She regularly finishes in the top 15 in the World Cup, demonstrating her consistency at a high level. She finishes sixth at her home World Cup in Oberstdorf, securing her best World Cup placing to date. At the end of the season, her consistency is rewarded and she finishes the winter in a very good 10th place in the overall World Cup.
