Career
Greis first competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 15th and 16th in the 10 km sprint and 12.5 km pursuit events in the biathlon. (Koreans Jin Sun-Yu and Ahn Hyun Soo became the second and third later on the same day with victories in short track speed skating) Greis was named German sportsman of the year, along with fellow biathlete Kati Wilhelm, by journalists. At the season"s World Champs in Östersund Greis did not participate in the sprint and in the pursuit but being anchor both in the men"s Relay and the mixed Relay, helped to secure a gold and a bronze for his team
Prior to the 2008/09 World Cup season Greis had had a serious disagreement with the Germans" head coach Frank Ullrich the reason being Ullrich"s authoritative management of the team, which resulted in Greis" departure from Ullrich"s jurisdiction to train on his own.
This yielded him quite a solid performance throughout the year, with another two World Cup victories and the relay bronze at the 2009 in South of Korea. After the first round of the 2012-2013 World Cup, Greis announced his retirement on 5 December 2012 citing a lack of motivation, making the 20 km in Östersund on 28 November his last competition as he had dropped the sprint and pursuit.
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games 3 medals (3 gold) *Mass start was added as an event in 2006.
World Championships 12 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze) *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program
**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005. Individual victories 11 victories (3 In, 4 Sp, 2 Pu, 2 Mississippi).
