Wolfgang Pichler

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wolfgang Pichler (born January 23, 1955 in Ruhpolding) is a German biathlon and cross-country skiing trainer.

Wolfgang Pichler formerly trained Magdalena Forsberg, and won with her dozens of World Biathlon Championships and six Biathlon World Cup titles. After her retirement, Pichler coached the Swedish biathlon team, both men and women.^[1]

He coached Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin successfully. Olofsson won the silver medal in sprint behind Kati Wilhelm. She then won a gold medal in mass start, the first for Sweden since 1960.^[2]

Pichler coaches the Russian female biathlon team in the season 2011/2012.^[3]

References

↑ "Wolfgang Pichler vor dem Wechsel nach Russland" (in German). Sport Line. 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
↑ "Wolfgang Pichler neuer Biathlon-Coach in Russland" (in German). Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung. 2011-04-27.
↑ "German to lead Russian women’s biathlon team". Russia Today. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-04-29.

Persondata
Name	Pichler, Wolfgang
Alternative names
Short description	German biathlon trainer
Date of birth	January 23, 1955
Place of birth	Ruhpolding
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.