Peter Karns

Peter Van Karns (born October 24, 1945) is an American biathlete who competed for the United States at the 1972 Winter Olympics where he finished fourteenth, which makes him tied with John Burritt for the best result by an American.[1][2] In the 1976 Winter Olympics he served as the US biathlon team's head coach.[3] In 2010 he was inducted into the US Biathlon Hall of Fame.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The New York Times for February 19, 1994
  2. ↑ Article on Biathlon in The Washington Post
  3. ↑ AP via the Lewiston Morning Tribune of February 7, 1976
  4. ↑ US Biathlon Hall of Fame


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