Friedrich "Fritz" Fischer (born 22 September 1956) is a former

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

from Germany. He won a gold medal with Germany in the 4 × 7.5 km relay in the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

. After ending his competitive career Fischer served as a coach for the German biathlon team for many years before retiring in 2014.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

''3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)''

World Championships

''14 medals (9 gold, 4 silver, 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

''7 victories (4 In, 3 Sp)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

Biathlon World Cup The Biathlon World Cup is a top-level biathlon season-long competition series. It has been held since the winter seasons of 1977–78 for men and 1982–83 for women. The women's seasons until 1986–87 season were called the European Cup, alt ...

, Biathlon World Championships and the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Fritz 1956 births Living people People from Kelheim Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria German male biathletes Biathletes at the 1980 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1984 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of West Germany Olympic biathletes of Germany Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Biathlon World Championships medalists German cross-country skiing coaches German sports coaches West German male biathletes