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Biathlon World Championships 1999
The 34th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1999 in Kontiolahti, Finland. Due to the cold, the individual and the mass start events were moved to Oslo, Norway. The mass start was contested for the first time in the world championships. Medal winners Men Women Medal table References {{Biathlon World Championships Biathlon World Championships, 1999 1999 in biathlon, Biathlon World Championships 1999 in Norwegian sport International sports competitions in Oslo International sports competitions hosted by Finland 1999 in Finnish sport Kontiolahti Biathlon competitions in Finland Biathlon competitions in Norway 1990s in Oslo Holmenkollen February 1999 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biathlon World Championships
The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and finally, from 1989, both genders have been participating in joint Biathlon World Championships. In 1978 the development was enhanced by the change from the large army rifle calibre to a small bore rifle, while the range to the target was reduced from 150 to 50 meters. Venues The Biathlon World Championships of the season takes place during February or March. Some years it has been necessary to schedule parts of the Championships at other than the main venue because of weather and/or snow conditions. Full, joint Biathlon World Championships have never been held in Olympic Winter Games seasons. Biathlon World Championships in non-IOC events, however, have been held in Olympic seasons. In 2005, the then new event of Mixed Relay (two legs done by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Rostovtsev
Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev (Russian: Павел Александрович Ростовцев; born 21 September 1971) is a Russian former biathlete. Life and career Rostovtsev lives in Krasnoyarsk. He is a three times world champion in biathlon. He has competed in the World Cup since the 1995–96 season. In 2000 he became World Champion with the Russian relay team in the World Championships in Lahti. The following year he won both the sprint and the pursuit in the World Championships in Pokljuka. In the 2001–02 season he came second in the overall World Cup standings. He hasn't won a single World Cup competition since the 2001–02 season. In the 2006 Olympics in Turin he was a part of the silver medal winning Russian relay team. In November 2006, Rostovtsev announced his retirement due to disagreements with the Russian Biathon Union. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''1 medal (1 silver)'' :''*Mass start was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadezhda Talanova
Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Talanova (russian: Надежда Александровна Таланова; born 17 April 1967, in Udmurtia) is a Russian biathlete. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, she won a gold medal with the Russian relay team, which consisted of herself, Natalya Snytina, Luiza Noskova and Anfisa Reztsova Anfisa Anatolyevna Reztsova (russian: Анфиса Анатольевна Резцова, née Romanova, Романова; born 16 December 1964) is a former Soviet and Russian biathlete and cross-country skier who competed in both sports from 19 .... References 1967 births Living people People from Udmurtia Russian female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Russia Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Udmurtia {{Russia-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katrin Apel
Katrin Apel (born 4 May 1973 in Erfurt) is a retired German biathlete. , . Apel now resides in Gräfenroda, and is a member of the SV Eintracht Frankenhain club. Like most German winter sport athletes, Apel is a sport soldier, performing normal soldier duties but released for training and competitions. Apel began her career as a cross-country skier; between 1990 and 1994, her best results were third place in the junior World Championships 5 km classical in 1993, and second in the relay also in the Junior World Championships, in 1990. However, when Apel failed to qualify for the Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994, she made the decision, along with her friend and then training partner Steffi Kramer, to switch to biathlon. Apel began biathlon in 1994 in the European Cup, the second division to the World Cup. In Apel's first season in the World Cup, 1995/96, she placed 33rd, but her results improved from then on. In the 1998/99 season she placed 8th, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm (born 15 September 1967) is a German cross-country skier and biathlete who competed from 1987 to 1997 in cross-country skiing and from 1992 to 2000 in biathlon. She was born in Jena, as Simone Greiner-Petter, as a cross-country skier at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Greiner-Petter-Memm finished fifth in the 4 × 5 km relay and 15th in the 20 km event. She also finished 15th in the 20 km event at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf. Greiner-Petter-Memm's only individual World Cup victory was in a 20 km event in 1988. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games World Championships World Cup Season standings Individual podiums * 1 victory * 2 podiums Biathlon results Switching to biathlon in 1992, Greiner-Petter-Memm earned a total of four individual World Cup career victories and had her best overall World c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uschi Disl
Ursula "Uschi" Disl (; born 15 November 1970 in Bad Tölz, West Germany) is a German former biathlete. Career During her competitive career Disl was a 19-year veteran of biathlon and was a five time olympian, with two Olympic gold medals from the 4 × 7.5 km relays in 1998 and 2002. She also has four silver medals (two in 7.5 km sprint (1998 and 2002), one in 4 × 7.5 km relay (1994), and one in 3 × 7.5 km relay (1992)), and three bronze medals (two in 15 km individual, 1994 and 1998, and one in 12.5 km mass start, 2006). She also has two World Championship individual titles, both won in Hochfilzen, Austria, in March 2005, in the 7.5 km sprint and the 10 km pursuit. Dubbed "Turbo-Disl" by the German media, she lay second in the Biathlon World Cup table at the beginning of the Olympics behind fellow country-woman Kati Wilhelm, and finished fifth in the overall standings for the 2004/05 season. She has finished second overall three times i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albina Akhatova
Albina Khamitovna Akhatova (russian: Альби́на Хами́товна Аха́това, tt-Cyrl, Альбина Хәмит кызы Әхәтова; born 13 November 1976) is a Russian (of Tatar origin) former biathlon, biathlete. She was banned for two years for doping. Career At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won bronze medals in the pursuit and individual; she originally finished fourth in the individual but was promoted when her teammate Olga Pyleva was disqualified after failing a doping test. She also won gold, silver, and bronze medals in Olympic relay competitions in 2006, 1998, and 2002, respectively. Akhatova also won the gold medals in the mass start at the 2003 World Championship held in Khanty-Mansiysk. In 1999 in Oslo, she won the bronze medal, and in 2004 in Oberhof, Germany, she won the silver medal, both over the distance of 15 km. She also was part of Russia's winning relay teams at the 2000 and 2003 World Championships. After a break in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Niogret
Corinne Niogret (born 20 November 1972, in Nantua, Ain) is a former French biathlete. She won 2 Olympic medals and 15 medals in the Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina .... In 1999/2000 she finished 3rd in the overall World Cup, and she has a total of 8 victories in World Cup races. References * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Niogret, Corinne 1972 births Living people People from Nantua French female biathletes Olympic biathletes of France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1992 Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Halinárová
Martina Halinárová, née Jašicová, also known as Schwarzbacherová from her first marriage, (born 22 April 1973 in Dolný Kubín) is a Slovak biathlete. She won a silver medal at the 1999 Biathlon World Championships The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual and team contests for men. The number of events has grown significantly over the years. Beginning in 1984, women biathletes had their own World Championships, and fina .... References * * 1973 births Living people Slovak female biathletes Olympic biathletes of Slovakia Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics People from Dolný Kubín Biathlon World Championships medalists Universiade medalists in biathlon Universiade gold medalists for Slovakia Universiade silver medalists for Slovakia Competitors a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olena Zubrilova
Olena Zubrilova ( uk, Олена Миколаївна Зубрилова, be, Алена Зубрылава ''Alena Zubrylava'', russian: Елена Николаевна Зубрилова; born 25 February 1973 in Shostka, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian biathlete who has been competing for Belarus since 2002. Prior to that, she had competed for Ukraine from 1991 until she changed her citizenship to Belarus in 2002. Career Zubrilova has won a total of seventeen Biathlon World Championships medals in her career, including four gold (pursuit, individual, and mass start: all 1999; and mass start: 2002), five silvers (individual: 1997, 2003; sprint: 1997; pursuit: 1997 and team event: 1996), and eight bronzes (relay: 1996, 2000, 2001, and 2005; sprint: 1999 and 2005; individual: 2001; and team event: 1997). She also competed in three Winter Olympics, her best individual finish was 5th in the 7.5 km at Turin in 2006. Zubrilova as of 2006 also has the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Forsberg
Magdalena "Magda" Forsberg (née Wallin; born 25 July 1967) is a Swedish former cross-country skier and biathlete. She was the dominating female biathlete from 1997 to 2002, when she retired, winning the Biathlon World Cup for six years straight. She is also a six-times world champion, a two-times Olympic bronze medalist, and holds the record for the most World Cup victories in women's biathlon. She has been married to Henrik Forsberg, also a biathlete and cross-country skier, since mid-1996. Cross-country skiing Forsberg competed as a cross country skier from 1988 to 1996, participating in the World Cup. Her best results at the Winter Olympics were in Albertville in 1992 where she finished seventh in the 4 × 5 km relay and 26th in the 15 km event. Forsberg's best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was tenth in the 30 km event at Lahti in 1989. In 1987 she was in the Swedish team that finished third in the 4 × 5 km relay. Her best W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Zellner
Martina Zellner-Seidl (born 26 February 1974 in Traunstein) is a former Germany, German Biathlon, biathlete. By the end of her career she had won one Olympic gold and six world championship medals, (2 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze). In the Biathlon World Cup, World Cup she achieved 14 podium places with three victories. The best overall placing she achieved was in the 1997/98 season when she finished third. Achievements *Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics *1998 Winter Olympics, 1998 Nagano: Gold medal in the relay *World Biathlon Championships, World Championships **Biathlon World Championships 1998, 1998 Pokljuka: Bronze medal in the pursuit **Biathlon World Championships 1999, 1999 Kontiolahti: Gold medal in the sprint and in the relay, bronze in the pursuit **Biathlon World Championship 2000, 2000 Oslo: Silver medal in the relay and bronze in the sprint *World Cup victories 3 (1 sprint, 1 pursuit and 1 mass-start) External linksMartina Zellner's homepage * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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