Franz Schuler (born 3 October 1962) is a former

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

and police officer, who competed as a member of the Polizeisportverein (police sports club)

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

. He was born in

Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The great ...

Selected results

* 1984: ** 8th,

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

4 × 7.5 kilometres relay (together with Rudolf Horn,

Walter Hörl Walter Hörl (born 1 July 1963) is an Austrian biathlete. He competed in the 10 km sprint event at the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zi ...

and

Alfred Eder Alfred Eder (born 28 December 1953) is an Austrian former biathlete. Life and career Eder was born in Piesendorf, and has been a soldier and thus competed as a member of the Heeressportverein (army sports club) Saalfelden. He competed in six Win ...

) ** 30th, Winter Olympics Men's 20 kilometres * 1986: ** 2nd,

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

10 kilometres * 1988: ** 4th,

4 × 7.5 kilometres relay (together with Anton Lengauer-Stockner,

Bruno Hofstätter Bruno Hofstätter (born 14 May 1963) is an Austrian biathlete. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disci ...

and Alfred Eder) ** 17th, Winter Olympics Men's 10 kilometres ** 36th, Winter Olympics Men's 20 kilometres * 1992: ** 12th,

4 × 7.5 kilometres relay (together with Bruno Hofstätter, Egon Leitner and

Ludwig Gredler Ludwig Gredler (born 19 November 1967) is a former Austrian biathlete. In 2014, he was appointed as a coach for the Austrian men's biathlon team. Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. Olympic Games :''* ...

) ** 21st, Winter Olympics Men's 10 kilometres ** 49th, Winter Olympics Men's 20 kilometres * 1994: ** 9th,

4 × 7.5 kilometres relay (together with

Wolfgang Perner Wolfgang Perner (17 September 1967 – 1 October 2019) was an Austrian biathlete. The IOC banned Perner for life from competing in the Olympics as the result of a doping scandal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Biography He was a part of the Austr ...

, Ludwig Gredler and Martin Pfurtscheller) ** 30th, Winter Olympics Men's 10 kilometres ** 48th, Winter Olympics Men's 20 kilometres

External links

* 1962 births Living people Olympic biathletes of Austria Austrian police officers Austrian male biathletes Biathletes at the 1984 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1992 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics People from Kufstein Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) {{Austria-biathlon-bio-stub