This Austrian Pro Team has become an international outfit with one athlete from the Czech Republic and Russia and three from Germany.

There are three women in the team, and Sarka Stadlerova has an active FIS license but no results, Anna Schmidhofer did Ringfrei, a roller-ski Challengers event in Austria, this summer and finished 4^th, and Varvara Prokhorova took part in Marcialonga 2020 and climbed up to Cavalese as the 52^nd fastest female skier.

Regarding success, the men do not have much to write home about, but they wear the team colors with pride. Michael Kirchler did König Ludwig Lauf twice in 2013 and 2014, but he has not been active ever since. Johannes Kuchl is a 19-year-old skier with no notable results to show while Tobias Hartig’s best result from last winter was La Diagonela’s 65^th place. Felix Kappelsberger finished 81^st at Toblach-Cortina last season, and the team director Peter Kiene is an enthusiastic master skier who runs the team with passion.

“The passion for long distance cross-country skiing brought us together. We want to spread this enthusiasm – especially in Central Europe – and generate more public attention for cross-country skiing. As a racing team we offer a platform for enthusiastic cross-country skiers and other sport enthusiasts. Due to our international orientation in terms of races and athletes we are able to create a highlight in the area of Nordic Sports,” says Kiene enthusiastically.

Pro Team directors: Peter Kiene, Stefan Petritsch

Country: Austria

Ranking: 30

Athletes: http://www.vismaskiclassics.com/pro-skiing/pro-teams/ski-willy-marathon-team-austria/