Peter Angerer (born 14 July 1959) is a former

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Career

At the

1984 Winter Olympic Games The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian language, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимп ...

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he won the gold medal in the 20 km individual. In addition he won silver in the 10 km sprint and bronze with the

relay team. Previously at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid he won a relay bronze medal and at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary the relay team won silver. In addition to winning five World Championship medals and 24 individual World Cup races, Angerer won the overall World Cup in

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. Angerer won twice at the

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biathlon competition with wins in the 20 km individual in 1984 and 1985. At the 1986 World Championships, Angerer finished second in the individual and came third with the relay team. Subsequently, Angerer tested positive for a doping offence that turned out to be the result of a flu remedy. Angerer retired as an athlete after the 1987–88 season. Today, Angerer runs a skiing school in

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Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

''5 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)''

World Championships

''5 medals (2 silver, 3 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Individual victories

''11 victories (8 In, 3 Sp)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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, Biathlon World Championships and the

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Olympic biographies starting with "An"
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