Algimantas Šalna

Algimantas Šalna
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold 1984 Sarajevo 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
Gold 1985 Ruhpolding 4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold 1983 Antholz-Anterselva 4 × 7.5 km relay

Algimantas Šalna (September 12, 1959 in Vidiškės, Utena County, Lithuanian SSR) is a former Olympic biathlete.

Šalna won gold medals in World Championships as a relayist in 1983 and 1985. As a member of the Soviet relay team, he won a Gold Medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics - he was the first Lithuanian-born athlete to win a medal in the Winter Olympics. As an individual he placed fifth in its 10-kilometer competition. He moved to the U.S. in 1991 and coached the U.S. Olympic biathlon teams of 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006.


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