Austrian Nordic combined skier

Michael Gruber (born 5 December 1979 in Schwarzach im Pongau) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2008. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5:km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Gruber won two 4 x 5:km team event medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003 and a bronze in 2005. He has two individual career victories (1998: 7.5:km sprint, 2004: 15:km individual).

He retired after the 2007-08 season.

References

• Database Olympics record
• FIS Newsflash 177 announcement of Gruber's retirement. April 30, 2008.
• Michael Gruber at the International Ski Federation