Andreas Zingerle

Andreas Zingerle (; born 25 November 1961) is an Italian former

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. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Zingerle won a bronze medal in the relay. At the

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Zingerle accumulated one individual gold medal and three golds and a bronze in relay and team events. He has later become the head coach of Italian National Team. Under his tenure the Italians collected several medals at the Olympic Winter Games and

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s, including Gold Medals by

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Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games
''1 medal (1 bronze)''

World Championships
''5 medals (4 gold, 1 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**Team was added as an event in 1989.''

Individual victories
''4 victories (3 In, 1 Sp)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the
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, Biathlon World Championships and the
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.'' ;Further notable results * 1980: 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint * 1982: 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint * 1983: 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon * 1986: ** 1st, Italian championships of biathlon ** 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint * 1987: ** 1st, Italian championships of biathlon ** 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint * 1988: ** 1st, Italian championships of biathlon ** 3rd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint * 1990: ** 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint ** 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon * 1991: 1st, Italian championships of biathlon * 1992: ** 1st, Italian championships of biathlon ** 2nd, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint * 1995: 1st, Italian championships of biathlon, sprint

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zingerle, Andreas 1961 births Living people Italian male biathletes People from Rasen-Antholz Germanophone Italian people Biathletes at the 1984 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Italy Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from South Tyrol