Martin Echtler
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Martin Echtler is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 ski mountaineer. He also competes in mountain running.

Echtler was born in Peiting
Peiting
Peiting is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Lech, 3 km southeast of Schongau, and 17 km west of Weilheim in Oberbayern.- References :...

. His sister Christine
Christine Echtler-Schleich
Christine Echtler-Schleich, née Echtler , from Peiting is a German ski mountaineer. Her brother Martin is also a competition ski mountaineer.- Selected results :* 2003:...

 is also member of the German skimountaineering team.

Ski mountaineering

  • 2003:
    • 5th, Mountain Attack
      Mountain Attack
      The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering competition, carried out near Saalbach since 1999.The competition is separated in a short distance and a long distance course, each offered for a female and a male racer class. There is a separat ranking of racers, older than 45 years...

       race
  • 2004:
    • 1st, Dammkarwurm
      Dammkarwurm
      Dammkarwurm is the name of an annually discharged German ski mountaineering competition, carried out by the German Alpine Club or DAV, for the first time in the end of the 1990s. The ranking of the Dammkarwurm is part of the German Skimountaineering Cup.The Dammkar by itself is a cirque in the...

       race
    • 2nd, Mountain Attack race
  • 2005:
    • 3rd, German Championship single
    • 3rd, Mountain Attack
    • 10th, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Wolfgang Panzer and Franz Graßl
      Franz Graßl
      Franz Graßl is a German ski mountaineer.Graßl was born in Berchtesgaden. He is member of the Deutscher Alpenverein -Berchtesgaden section and the Bergwacht. He was member of the German skimountaineering team until the end of 2006. He is married to the ski mountaineer Judith Graßl with two children...

      )
  • 2006:
    • 2nd, German Championship single
    • 5th, World Championship
      2006 World Championship of Skimountaineering
      The 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the third World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held in the Italian Province of Cuneo from February 27 to March 4, 2006....

       relay race (together with Toni Steurer
      Toni Steurer
      Anton "Toni" Steurer is a German extreme sports athlete.Steurer was born in Oberstdorf. He climbed the Eiger Nordwand in the age of seventeen and belongs to the youngest Nordwand climbers. He is deployed as a medical service soldier and army mountain guide in Kempten. He is member of the DAV...

      , Franz Graßl and Georg Nickaes
      Georg Nickaes
      Georg "Schorsch" Nickaes is a German ski mountaineer and speaker of the German ski mountaineering team.Nickaes was born in Bad Reichenhall. He enjoys also mountain running and ice climbing, and finished the army mountain guide training in 1994. He started in international ski mountaineering races...

      )
  • 2007:
    • 1st, German Championship vertical race
      Vertical race
      A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks...

    • 2nd, German Championship single
    • 1st, Mountain Attack
    • 4th, Sellaronda ski marathon (together with Heinz Verbnjak
      Heinz Verbnjak
      Heinz Verbnjak from Admont is an Austrian ski mountaineer.Verbnjak won several national races and has been member of the national team since the foundation of the ASKIMO.- Selected results :* 2007:** 1st, Hochwurzen-Berglauf...

      )
    • 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Toni Steurer, Konrad Lex
      Konrad Lex
      Konrad Lex is a German ski mountaineer. He is a member of the DAV section Gangkofen and of the national team.- Selected results :* 2005:** 9th, Dammkarwurm* 2006:** 7th, German Championship single...

       and Stefan Klinger
      Stefan Klinger
      Stefan Klinger is a German ski mountaineer.Klinger was born in Anger. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team.- Selected results :* 2003:** 1st, Predigtstuhl race* 2004:...

      )
  • 2008:
    • 2nd, German Championship team
  • 2010:
    • 9th, World Championship
      2010 World Championship of Skimountaineering
      The 2010 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the first World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation , successor organization of the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions . The competition was held in the skiing...

       relay race (together with Konrad Lex, Andreas Strobel
      Andreas Strobel
      Andreas Strobel is a German ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker.Strobel was born in Selb, and started bike sports as condition training in 1991. After bad results at the "Ronda Extrema" race in Riva del Garda in 1997, he intensified the training...

       and Alexander Schuster
      Alexander Schuster
      Alexander Schuster is a German ski mountaineer. He lives in Truchtlaching.Schuster studied production engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim...

      )

Patrouille des Glaciers
Patrouille des Glaciers
The Patrouille des Glaciers is a ski mountaineering race organized every two years by the Swiss Army, in which military and civilian teams compete...

 

  • 2006: 7th (and 2nd "seniors II" ranking) as well as German record, Patrouille des Glaciers
    Patrouille des Glaciers
    The Patrouille des Glaciers is a ski mountaineering race organized every two years by the Swiss Army, in which military and civilian teams compete...

     ("seniors II" ranking), together with Franz Graßl and Toni Steurer
  • 2010: 9th ("ISMF men" ranking), together with Konrad Lex and Josef Rottmoser

Mountain running

  • 2004:
    • 1st, Zugspitzlauf (Zugspitze
      Zugspitze
      The Zugspitze, at 2,962 metres above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and the border between Germany and Austria runs over its western summit. South of the mountain is...

      run
      )
  • 2006:
    • 1st, Zugspitzlauf
  • 2007:
    • 1st, Zugspitzlauf
  • 2008:
    • 1st, Zugspitzlauf

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