- After winning the 50km classical race at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, he tested positive for darbepoetin, was disqualified and excluded from the Olympics.
- As he accused Germany's head coach Georg Zipfel of damaging him spiritually, he was finally thrown out of the team in 1995, but later reinstated. After being excluded from the team again in 1998, he became Spanish citizen and first started for Spain's cross-country team one year later.
- Cross-country skier, first representing Germany and then Spain since 1999.
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