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Mark Kirchner (born April 4, 1970 in Neuhaus, Thuringia) is a former German biathlete. He was the first German to become Olympic champion in 1992 in the 10 km race in Albertville. He followed that up by taking silver in the 20 km and gold in the relay. at the Olympics 1994 in Lillehammer two years later he was a part of the winning german relay team. In addition did Kirchner became World Champion: Many times
- 1990: World Champion on the sprint and in the team competition
- 1991: World Champion on the 10 km, 20 km and the relay
- 1993: World Champion on the 10 km
- 1995: World Champion on the relay
| Olympic champions in 10 km biathlon |
1980: Frank Ullrich | 1984: Eirik Kvalfoss | 1988: Frank-Peter Roetsch | 1992: Mark Kirchner | 1994: Sergei Tchepikov | 1998: Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 2002: Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 2006: Sven Fischer
| Olympic champions in men's 4 x 7.5 km biathlon relay |
1968 Soviet Union Aleksandr Tikhonov, Nikolay Pusanov, Viktor Mamatov & Vladimir Gundartsev
1972 Soviet Union Aleksandr Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Biakov & Viktor Mamatov
1976 Soviet Union Aleksandr Yelizarov, Ivan Biakov & Nikolay Kruglov, Aleksandr Tikhonov
1980 Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin, Aleksandr Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnachov & Anatoly Alyabyev
1984 Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Yuriy Kachkarov, Algimantas Shalna & Sergei Buligine
1988 Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Sergei Tchepikov, Alexander Popov & Valery Medvedtsev
1992 Germany Ricco Gross, Jens Steinigen, Mark Kirchner & Fritz Fischer
1994 Germany Ricco Gross, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner & Sven Fischer
1998 Germany Ricco Gross, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer & Frank Luck
2002 Norway Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland & Ole Einar Bjørndalen
2006 Germany Sven Fischer, Michael Greis, Ricco Gross & Michael Rösch |
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