Ricco Groß

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Medal record
Ricco Gross in Antholz (2006)
Ricco Gross in Antholz (2006)
Competitor for Flag of Germany Germany
Men's Biathlon
Winter Olympics
Gold 1992 Albertville 4×7.5 km relay
Silver 1992 Albertville 10 km sprint
Gold 1994 Lillehammer 4×7.5 km relay
Silver 1994 Lillehammer 10 km sprint
Gold 1998 Nagano 4×7.5 km relay
Silver 2002 Salt Lake City 4×7.5 km relay
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City 12.5 km pursuit
Gold 2006 Turin 4×7.5 km relay

Ricco Groß (born August 22, 1970, in Bad Schlema) is a former German biathlon athlete who has won several international competitions. He is married to Kathrin since 1994 and they have three sons: Marco (b. 1995), Simon (b. 1998), and Gabriel (b. 2004). He is a Hauptfeldwebel (Sergeant First Class) of the German Bundeswehr.

His first club was the SG Dynamo Klingenthal until 1991. In the Biathlon World Cup of 1997/1998, he won the overall second place. In the biathlon competition at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics, he won gold at the men's 4×7.5km relay. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in the 4×7.5 km for men his team won silver and at the 12.5 km pursuit for men, he won bronze for himself.

In the Biathlon World Championships Sprint (10 km) he won bronze in 1995, and silver in 2003 and 2004. In 1999, 2003, and 2004, he won gold in the pursuit (12.5 km). In the individual (20 km), he won gold in 1997, silver in 1999, and bronze in 2003 and 2005.

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Olympic Champions in Men's 4×7.5 km biathlon relay
1968: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Puzanov, 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 Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna & Sergey Bulygin • 1988: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Sergey 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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NAME Groß, Ricco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION German biathlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Schlema, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH