Johann Mühlegg (born 8 November 1970 in Ostallgäu, Germany) is a former top level cross-country skier who competed in international competitions first representing Germany and then Spain, after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999.
He was excluded and disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City for doping. ==Early career== Mühlegg participated for Germany in the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, even though he began having trouble with Germany's ski federation in 1993.
He was excluded and disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City for doping. ==Early career== Mühlegg participated for Germany in the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, even though he began having trouble with Germany's ski federation in 1993.
He was excluded and disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City for doping. ==Early career== Mühlegg participated for Germany in the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, even though he began having trouble with Germany's ski federation in 1993.
He was thrown off the team in 1995, but was reinstated later.
He was excluded and disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City for doping. ==Early career== Mühlegg participated for Germany in the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, even though he began having trouble with Germany's ski federation in 1993.
In the end, Mühlegg was branded as a team cancer and was thrown out. ==Competing for Spain== After being ejected from the national team after the 1998 Nagano Games, his good relations with members of the Spanish cross-country skiing team, in particular Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Cuevas and Haritz Zunzunegui, opened the door for Mühlegg to obtain Spanish citizenship. In late 1999, competing for Spain, he won a World Cup race for the first time.
Johann Mühlegg (born 8 November 1970 in Ostallgäu, Germany) is a former top level cross-country skier who competed in international competitions first representing Germany and then Spain, after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999.
In the end, Mühlegg was branded as a team cancer and was thrown out. ==Competing for Spain== After being ejected from the national team after the 1998 Nagano Games, his good relations with members of the Spanish cross-country skiing team, in particular Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Cuevas and Haritz Zunzunegui, opened the door for Mühlegg to obtain Spanish citizenship. In late 1999, competing for Spain, he won a World Cup race for the first time.
At the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he won two medals with a silver in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit (stepping up when the original medalist Jari Isometsä was disqualified for hemohes use), and a gold in the 50 km freestyle race.
He was excluded and disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City for doping. ==Early career== Mühlegg participated for Germany in the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, even though he began having trouble with Germany's ski federation in 1993.
But in December 2003 a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) found that these medals should also be withdrawn.
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