Mark Kirchner
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Biathlon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1992 | Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay | |
| Gold | 1992 | Men's 10 km sprint | |
| Gold | 1994 | Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay | |
| Silver | 1992 | Men's 20 km | |
Mark Kirchner (born April 4, 1970 in Neuhaus, Thuringia) is a German former 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
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| Olympic champions in 10 km biathlon |
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| 1980: Frank Ullrich | 1984: Eirik Kvalfoss | 1988: Frank-Peter Roetsch | 1992: Mark Kirchner | 1994: Sergey Chepikov | 1998: Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 2002: Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 2006: Sven Fischer |
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
