Alexander Popov (biathlete)

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Olympic medal record
Men's Biathlon
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Gold	1988 Calgary	4 x 7.5 km relay
Competitor for Unified Team
Silver	1992 Albertville	4 x 7.5 km relay

Alexandr Vladimirovich Popov (Russian: Александр Владимирович Попов) (born February 22, 1963 in Tobolsk) is a Russian biathlete who competed for the USSR, the Unified Team and Belarus. Since 1999 he is the Head Coach of Belarus National Biathlon Team.

[edit] Career

• Winter Olympic Games
• 1988 Calgary - Gold medal on the relay
• 1992 Albertville - Silver medal on the relay
• World Championships'
• 1987 Lake Placid - Silver medal on the relay
• 1989 Feistritz - Silver medal on the relay
• 1991 Minsk - Silver medal on the relay and on the 20 km individual
• 1995 Anterselva - Bronze medal on the relay
• 1996 Ruhpolding - Bronze medal on the relay

[edit] External link

• (Russian) Profile
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Olympic Champions in Men's 4 x 7.5 km biathlon relay

1968: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Pusanov, Viktor Mamatov & Vladimir Gundartsev * 1972: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Biakov & Viktor Mamatov * 1976: Soviet Union Aleksandr Yelizarov, Ivan Biakov & Nikolay K. Kruglov, Alexander Tikhonov * 1980: Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin, Alexander Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnachov & Anatoly Alyabyev * 1984: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Yuri Kachkarov, Alguimantas Šalna & Sergey Bulygin * 1988: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Sergey Chepikov, 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