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Biathlon At The 1994 Winter Olympics
The biathlon competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics were held at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium. The events were held between 18 and 26 February 1994. The sport of biathlon combines the skills of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Men and women competed in three events. The biathlon program remained unchanged except for the women's relay distance from 3 x 7.5 km to 4 x 7.5 km. Medal summary Six nations won medals in biathlon, with Russia leading the medal table (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), and Germany winning the most total medals with six. Sergei Tarasov was the only individual to win three medals, while Myriam Bédard led the individual medal table with two gold medals. Bédard's pair of gold medals were the first won an athlete from outside Europe or the Soviet Union. In addition, Valentina Tserbe-Nessina became the first Olympic medalist from Ukraine, and Svetlana Paramygina became the first female Olympic medalist from Belarus, as those countries made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium ( no, Birkebeineren skistadion) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and biathlon venue located in Lillehammer, Norway. Situated from the town center and at above mean sea level, it has two stadium areas, one for cross-country and one for biathlon. The former has a capacity for 31,000 spectators, and the latter for 13,500. The venue was built for the 1994 Winter Olympics, costing 83.6 million Norwegian krone (NOK). It was subsequently used by the 1994 Winter Paralympics for Paralympic Nordic skiing and Paralympic biathlon. After the games, ownership was transferred to the municipal Lillehammer Olympiapark. The venue has since been used for one Biathlon World Cup, three FIS Cross-Country World Cup and nine FIS Nordic Combined World Cup tournaments, the latter with the ski jumping competition taking place at the nearby Lysgårdsbakken, Lysgårdsbakkene Ski Jumping Arena. Birkebeineren hosted the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Drachev
Vladimir Petrovich Drachev (russian: Владимир Петрович Драчёв, born 7 March 1966) is a former Soviet, Russian and Belarusian biathlete. He formerly had Russian citizenship and started for Russia until 2002. Drachev has four world championship titles in his career (two individually and two for teams). He also has two olympic relay medals for Russia (silver in 1994, and bronze in 1998). During his career he took a total of 11 World Championship medals and 15 World Cup race wins. He was also known as one of the fastest shots in the sport whilst competing. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games ''2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)'' :''*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002, with mass start being added in 2006.'' World Championships ''11 medals (4 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**Team was removed as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Behle
Petra Behle (born Petra Schaaf on 5 January 1969 in Offenbach am Main) is a former German biathlete. Career Behle won her first gold medal in the 1988 World Championships when she was 19 and she also has three gold medals in the 15 km that happened in 1989, 1991 and 1993 she also has three biathlon-world championship medals in relays from 1995, 1996 and 1997. She has 1 gold and 2 silver medals from olympic relays silver in 1992 and 1994 and gold medal from 1998. And she also has two team world championship gold medals from Novosibirsk in 1992 and Ruhpolding in 1996. She was married to Jochen Behle Jochen Behle (born 7 July 1960 in Korbach, Hesse) is a former (West) German cross-country skier who competed from 1980 to 1998. Competing in six Winter Olympics, he earned his best career finish of fourth in the 4 × 10 km relay at Lilleha .... References External links * * German female biathletes 1969 births Living people Schaaf ... [...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] |
Antje Harvey
Antje Harvey (born May 10, 1967 in Magdeburg, as Antje Misersky) is a former German cross-country skier and biathlete. She began her career as cross country skier and was a member of the East German team that won the 4 × 5 km bronze medal at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. When her father, Henner Misersky, who worked as a trainer of the East German team until 1985, refused to give steroid substances to his daughter and other team members, he was fired. Antje Misersky was then put under pressure and had to end her career in the GDR.Barbara Bürer, Nils Klawitter''Doping macht vergeßlich'' Die Zeit, 13/1998 (German) In 1989, she started biathlon. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, she won the gold medal in 15 km individual and two silvers in the 7.5 km sprint and in the 3 × 7.5 km. At the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer she won another relay silver medal (4 × 7.5 km). Harvey also won two medals in the relay at the Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 1985 to 2000. Career In Soviet times, she trained at Dynamo in Vladimir. She earned a total of five medals in the Winter Olympics, including three golds (1988: cross country 4 × 5 km relay, 1992: biathlon 7.5 km, 1994: biathlon 4 × 7.5 km relay), one silver (1988: cross country 20 km), and one bronze (1992: biathlon 3 × 7.5 km relay). She is notable for performing the feat of being the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both cross-country skiing and biathlon. She is one of the few sportspersons to win gold at three consecutive Olympics under three different flags, the first being the Soviet union in 1988, the second – Unified Team in 1992, and the third being the Russian Federation in 1994. Reztsova al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luiza Noskova
Luiza Nikolayevna Noskova (russian: Луиза Николаевна Носкова; born 7 July 1968 in Labytnangi) is a Russian biathlete. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ..., she won a gold medal with the Russian relay team. References 1968 births Living people Russian female biathletes Olympic biathletes for Russia Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia People from Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Olympic medalists in biathlon Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Snytina
Natalya Anatolyevna Snytina (russian: Наталья Анатольевна Снытина) born 13 February 1971 in Zlatoust) is a Russian biathlete. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the munic ..., she won a gold medal with the Russian relay team. References External links * 1971 births Living people Russian female biathletes Olympic biathletes of Russia Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia People from Zlatoust Olympic medalists in biathlon Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast {{Russia-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
Anne Briand
Anne Briand (born 2 June 1968, in Mulhouse). Is a former French biathlete. She belonged to the world's best biathletes in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, the first time this competition was introduced at the olympic level she won a gold medal with the French relay team. In 1995 she won the world title in the sprint event and also won the overall World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i .... ReferencesIBU Profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Briand, Anne 1968 births Living people French female biathletes Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Flandin
Hervé Flandin (born 4 June 1965 in Modane) is a former French biathlete. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ..., he won a bronze medal with the French relay team, in ''4 × 7.5 km relay''. References 1965 births Living people French male biathletes Olympic biathletes of France Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in biathlon Biathlon World Championships medalists Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century French people {{France-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
