Uschi Disl

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Olympic medal record
Women's biathlon
Gold	2002 Salt Lake City	4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold	1998 Nagano	4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver	2002 Salt Lake City	7.5 km sprint
Silver	1998 Nagano	7.5 km sprint
Silver	1994 Lillehammer	15 km individual
Silver	1992 Albertville	3 × 7.5 km relay
Bronze	2006 Turin	12.5 km mass start
Bronze	1998 Nagano	15 km individual
Bronze	1994 Lillehammer	15 km individual

Ursula "Uschi" Disl (born November 15, 1970 in Bad Tölz, Germany) is a German biathlete. 5'4" (162.5cm), 125lbs (8st 13lbs, 57kg). She resides in Austria, and like most German nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard.

Disl is a 19 year veteran of biathlon and is a five time olympian, with two Olympic gold medals from the 4 × 7.5km relays in 1998 and 2002. She also has four silver medals (two in 7.5 km sprint (1998 & 2002), one in 4 × 7.5 km relay (1994) and one in 3 × 7.5 km relay (1992)), and three bronze medals (two in 15 km individual (1994 & 1998) and one in 12.5 km mass start (2006)). She also has two World Championship titles, both won in Hochfilzen, Austria in March 2005, in the 7.5 km sprint and the 10 km pursuit.

Dubbed 'Turbo-Disl' by the German media she lay second in the Biathlon World Cup table at the beginning of the Olympics behind fellow country woman Kati Wilhelm, and finished fifth in the overall standings for the 2004-2005 season. She has finished 2nd overall thrice in the Biathlon World Cup (1995/96, 1996/97, and 1997/98) and has won 40 World Cup races (28 single & 12 relay/team victories). This includes three wins at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition with one in 1995 (sprint) and two in 1996 (sprint, pursuit).

This is Disl's last Olympics and possibly her last season, she has said she will make the decision in the spring. She plans on becoming a TV commentator on biathlon when she does retire and is already in talks. On December 18th 2005 Disl won "German sportswoman of the year", becoming the first biathlete to do so, and beating speed skater Anni Friesinger and discuss thrower Franka Dietzsch.

Disl currently lies in 5th place in the overall World Cup, 338 points behind Kati Wilhelm. She is eleventh in the individual, 46 points behind Russian Svetlana Ishmouratova. Disl finished the sprint season in 8th place, 167 points behind Wilhelm. In the pursuit she is sixth, 155 points behind Wilhelm, but her best standings is in the mass start, where she lies in 3rd place, 14 points behind fellow countrywoman Martina Glagow.

Disl is also a three-time winner at the Holmenkollen ski festival's biathlon event, winning the 7.5 km sprint in 1995 and both the sprint and the 10 km pursuit events in 1996.

Olympic champions in women's biathlon 4 x 6 km relay

(As 3 x 7.5 km) 1992 France Corinne Niogret, Véronique Claudel & Anne Briand
(As 4 x 7.5 km) 1994 Russia Nadejda Talanova, Natalia Snytina, Louiza Noskova & Anfisa Reztsova
1998 Germany Uschi Disl, Martina Zellner, Katrin Apel & Petra Behle
2002 Germany Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel & Kati Wilhelm
(As 4 x 6 km) 2006 Russia Anna Bogaliy, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Olga Zaitseva & Albina Akhatova