Antje Harvey

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Medal record
Women's biathlon
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Albertville	15 km individual
Silver	1992 Albertville	3 x 7.5 km
Silver	1994 Lillehammer	4 x 7.5 km
World Championships
Gold	1995 Antholz-Anterselva	4 x 7.5 km
Bronze	1991 Lahti	3 x 5 km
Women's cross country skiing
World Championships
Bronze	1985 Seefeld	4 x 5 km

Antje Harvey (born May 10, 1967 in Magdeburg, as Antje Misersky) is a former German cross country skier and biathlete.

She began her career as cross country skier and was a member of the East German team that won 4 x 5 km bronze medal at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. After the championship, she spoke openly about the use of steroids and was excluded from the national team.

In 1989, she started with biathlon. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, she won the gold medal in 15 km individual and two silvers in the 7.5 km sprint and in the 3 x 7.5 km. Because the '92 Olympics marked the debut of the women's biathlon, and the 15 km was the first event, Antje was awarded the first women's gold olympic medal in this event. At the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer she won another relay silver medal (4 x 7.5 km). Harvey also won two medal in the relay at the World Championships (1995: gold, 1991: bronze).

In the spring of 1993 she married American biathlete Ian Harvey. After retiring from sports, she moved to Utah and became an American citizen in 2000.