Birk Anders
German biathlete
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| Full name | Birk Anders | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-11-03) 3 November 1967 (age 56) Bad Schlema, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SG Dynamo Zinnwald | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 18 December 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 1 (1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 (1987, 1989, 1990) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 4 (1986/87–1989/90) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual victories | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual podiums | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Birk Anders (born 3 November 1967) is a former East German biathlete. During his career he won two gold medals at the World Championships.[1][2][3]
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[4]
Olympic Games
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|
 1988 Calgary | — | 4th | — |
World Championships
3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Team | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1987 Lake Placid | — | 27th | — | — |
 1989 Feistritz | 21st | 9th | — | Gold |
 1990 Minsk | 32nd | 13th | Gold | 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 (2 In, 2 Sp)
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp) | 15 December 1988 |  Albertville | 20 km individual | Biathlon World Cup |
| 21 January 1989 |  Borovets | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup | |
| 1989–90 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp) | 16 December 1989 | Obertilliach | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup |
| 1 February 1990 | Walchsee | 20 km individual | Biathlon World Cup |
- *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
References
- ^ Historie Biathlon-Weltmeisterschaften (Herren)
- ^ Autogrammliste Ski Nordisch und Biathlon
- ^ "FOR THE RECORD". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
External links
- Birk Anders at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Birk Anders at Olympics.com
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World champions in men's biathlon – Team event
- 1958:
(Adolf Wiklund, Olle Gunneriusson, Sture Ohlin, Sven Nilsson)
- 1959:
(Vladimir Melanin, Dmitri Sokolov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn) - 1961:
(Kalevi Huuskonen, Paavo Repo, Antti Tyrväinen) - 1962: (Vladimir Melanin, Valentin Pzhenitsyn, Nikolay Puzanov)
- 1963: (Vladimir Melanin, Nikolay Mezharyakov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn)
- 1965:
(Olav Jordet, Ola Wærhaug, Ivar Nordkild)
- 1989: (Juri Kashkarov, Sergei Bulygin, Alexandr Popov, Sergei Tchepikov)
- 1990:
(Raik Dittrich, Mark Kirchner, Birk Anders, Frank Luck) - 1991:
(Hubert Leitgeb, Gottlieb Taschler, Simon Demetz, Wilfried Pallhuber) - 1992:
(Evgeny Redkin, Alexander Tropnikov, Anatoly Zhdanovich, Alexandr Popov) - 1993:
(Fritz Fischer, Frank Luck, Steffen Hoos, Sven Fischer)
- 1994: (Pieralberto Carrara, Hubert Leitgeb, Andreas Zingerle, Wilfried Pallhuber)
- 1995: (Frode Andresen, Dag Bjørndalen, Halvard Hanevold, Jon Åge Tyldum)
- 1996:
(Oleg Ryzhenkov, Petr Ivashko, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin) - 1997: (Oleg Ryzhenkov, Petr Ivashko, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin)
- 1998: (Egil Gjelland, Halvard Hanevold, Sylfest Glimsdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
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