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1979–80 Biathlon World Cup
The 1979–80 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the UIPMB ( Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon). The season started on 18 January 1980 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended on 30 March 1980 in Murmansk, Soviet Union. It was the third season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men. Calendar Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1979–80 season. * 1980 Winter Olympics races were not included in the 1979–80 World Cup scoring system. ''*The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.'' World Cup Podium Men Standings: Men Overall *Final standings after 10 races. Achievements ;First World Cup career victory: *, — the WC 3 Individual in Lahti; it also was his first podium *, 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Sprint in Murmansk; first podium was 1977–78 Individual in Ruhpolding ;First World Cup podium: *, 19, in his 1st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Ullrich
Frank Ullrich (, ; born 24 January 1958) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD and former biathlete and athletic trainer, trainer of the German national team. Since 2021 German federal election, 2021, he has been a member of the Bundestag. Career Biathlon was in Ullrich's family as his father was a biathlon referee. His first appearance was in 1967 at the East Germany, GDR Children Championships. In 1972, he placed second over 5 km at the Spartakiad, in 1975 he became Youth World Champion in relay race, relay. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics with the 4 × 7.5 km relay team. At the 1980 Winter Olympics he won 3 medals with silvers in the 20 km individual and the 4 × 7.5 km relay and a gold medal in the 10 km sprint, an event he dominated at world level between 1978 and 1981. In 1982 his wife fell ill and died, soon after which he switched to training. He undertook a period of study at the :de:Deutsche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |